Lester

Meanings

1. A surname from Old English derived from the English place name Leicester.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A town in Limestone County, Alabama.
5. An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Georgia.
6. A minor city in Lyon County, Iowa.
7. A township in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
8. An unincorporated community in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
9. A ghost town in King County, Washington.
10. A town in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the placename Leicester. * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from Lestre in Normandy, from Old French Lestra, from Medieval Latin Laxtra, perhaps from extera (“exterior (part of a property)”). * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Lister. * Also as an English surname, variant of Laster. * As a Scottish and Irish surname, shortened from McLester.