Lei
Genuinely unisex in Poland, and worn by only about a hundred people, more men than women. Records tie it to the Chinese word for thunder, though Polish sources don't confirm that reading.
Lei Pronunciation
Lei is pronounced LE-ee (/ˈlɛi/).
What Lei means
Where Lei comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
"Lei" arrives in Poland along two roads that rarely meet. Records file the form under a Slavic origin, while the association most readers reach for is Chinese. In Chinese the syllable 雷, léi, means thunder, and that meaning travels with the name.
Thunder is a loud gift for a small child.
The sound stays soft in a Polish mouth, one open syllable that ends before it settles. On a class register it sits between longer names without fuss. No diminutive has grown around it. The name has no Polish twin.
Polish sources stay honest about the limits. Dictionaries offer brak potwierdzenia, no confirmation of a settled meaning here, so the Chinese sense of thunder is the fact you can check. It holds as itself, Lei, thunder borrowed from another script.
How many people are named Lei
1 in 263533 men in Poland is named Lei. 114 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3180 among male names.
Lei as a middle name
Lei is a first name for 114 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 98/2 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 6225th, between Lebogang (2) and Lela (2).
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#6223 Leane2
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#6224 Lebogang2
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#6225 Lei2
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#6226 Lela2
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#6227 Lelia2