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Comments for LECH:

This last name came from Poland. There was a king who's last name was Leshchinskiy somewhere in BC.
-- Natalie7  5/28/2005
A famous bearer of this name is Lech Walesa, who founded the Solidarity movement in Poland in the 1980s and later became president of Poland.
-- gin_rummy  12/15/2005
Specialists agree that the name Lech comes from a Slavic element "lest'" - a cunning action. So "lestek" is a cunning man.
-- prakash  5/16/2008
Kníže Lech je legendární postava českých a především polských dějin. Podle pověsti přivedl Poláky do Polska a založil Hnězdno. Lech byl mladší bratr praotce Čecha.

Prince Lech is a legendary character of Czech and Polish history. According a myth was the founder of the Polish people. Lech was the younger brother of forefather Čech.
-- Emilie007  10/8/2008
Makes me think of the word "lecher".
-- bananarama  11/25/2008

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