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?
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.
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.