Lesly

Lesly: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“garden of holly”
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
LEZ-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (97% of all uses)

Variant spelling of Leslie, from a Scottish surname derived from a place name in Aberdeenshire. It has long been used as a given name for both sexes.

How popular is Lesly?

202467.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Lesly in 2024222

2024 rank#1,099 girls

Peak year2003

Total US babies since 188015,635

Lesly is fading: recent use is about 51% of its level ten years before.

Names like Lesly

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Lesliegarden of holly · Scottish Gaelic
  • Lesleygarden of holly · Scottish Gaelic
  • Lesligarden of holly · Scottish Gaelic
  • Paisleychurch · Scottish Gaelic
  • ElsieGod is my oath · Scottish Gaelic
  • Lennoxelm grove · Scottish Gaelic
  • Mackenzieson of Coinneach · Scottish Gaelic
  • Blairplain; field · Scottish Gaelic

Lesly questions

What does the name Lesly mean?

Lesly means "garden of holly". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. Variant spelling of Leslie, from a Scottish surname derived from a place name in Aberdeenshire. It has long been used as a given name for both sexes.

Is Lesly a boy or girl name?

Lesly is mainly a girl's name in US records (97% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lesly?

222 US babies were named Lesly in 2024. Its peak year was 2003.

How do you pronounce Lesly?

Lesly is usually pronounced LEZ-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.