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Updated February 8, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

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

Girl name variations

Lesley

Lesley

+ 28% this year
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Lesle

Lesle

0 % this year
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Lesli

Lesli

- 41% this year
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Lesly

Lesly

+ 23% this year
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Leslye

Leslye

- 38% this year
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Lezlie

Lezlie

0 % this year
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Les

Les

+ 60% this year
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Lee

Lee

+ 3% this year
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : Low meadow

Boy name variations

Les

Les

+ 60% this year
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Leslea

Leslea

0 % this year
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Lesley

Lesley

+ 28% this year
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Lesly

Lesly

+ 23% this year
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Lezly

Lezly

0 % this year
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How Popular Is The Name Leslie

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : habitational name from a barony in Aberdeenshire, which is first recorded c.1180 in the form Lesslyn, of obscure origin.
  • English : possibly from a double diminutive of the personal name Lece (see Leece), thus Lecelin.

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