Meaning of name Leslie

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Meaning

The name Leslie has the following meaning:

Garden of hollies or "garden by the pool" or "gray fortress".

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Pronunciation

The name Leslie is pronounced as les-lee

Origins

Leslie originates from the Gaelic language.
See other suggested Gaelic baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Leslie and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Leslie: Boys - Conley, Ean, Grady, Winford, Girls - Ryleigh, Shonda, Both genders - Devin, Kyle

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Leslie: Les, Leslea, Leslee, Lesleigh, Lesley, Lesli, Lesly, Lez, Lezlea, Lezlee, Lezley, Lezlie, Lezly

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Leslie are: Lee, Les

Style

We think the name Leslie should fall under the following style category: Traditional.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Leslie to be: Intelligent, sweet and friendly chap

In one word, you might describe Leslie as a(n) "friendly" person.

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Popularity

As a baby boy name, Leslie is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Leslie in the USA, over the past 100 years.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Leslie (or its variants) are:

Leslie Howard, born on 3 April, a famous actor . Leslie Howard's background: English stage and Academy Award nominated film actor.

Leslie William Nielsen OC, born on 11 February, a famous actor . Leslie William Nielsen OC's background: Canadian-American Emmy Award-nominated comedian and actor. He is well known for his roles as Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun, Dr. Rumack in Airplane! and most recently President Harris in the Scary Movie series.

Leslie Charteris, born on 12 May, a famous novelist . Leslie Charteris's background: Author of primarily mystery fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of Simon Templar, alias 'The Saint.'