English Explanatory Dictionary

Lesley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Scottish surname.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname, used since the 18th century. Popular in the U.K. in the mid-20th century.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Word forms

Lesley Leslie

Etymology

From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).

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