Meaning and Origin of: Les

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : Dweller in the gray castle
  • Old English : Small meadow

Girl name variations

Leslie
Lesley
Lesly
Lee

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : Low meadow
  • Latin : Legion camp

Boy name variations

Leslie
Leslea
Lesley
Lesly
Lezly
Lester
Leicester

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish : topographic name for someone who lived in a forest, Polish les, dialect form of standard Polish las ‘forest’.