李 is typically used as a surname. At least in Mandarin, there are other Chinese characters like 丽 (for females) and 力 (for males) that can be spelled Li/Lee, an

李 is typically used as a surname. At least in Mandarin, there are other Chinese characters like 丽 (for females) and 力 (for males) that can be spelled Li/Lee, and also used as given names. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Li https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Li https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Leehom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Leehom