33%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. LEHF-tee [key·IPA] Meaning & History From a nickname, in most cases given to a left-handed person. Categories animals, ATLA universe characters, baseball players, blues musicians, body parts, boxers, cartoon characters, English nouns, fictional characters, guitarists, isograms, nicknames, Townes Van Zandt songs, vaudevillians