Les
A unisex name of Greek origin, meaning lion; short form of Lesley or Leslie.
Les by the numbers
Les was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 182 babies in 1961, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Lesley
Like Les, each of these traces back to Lesley: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Leslie
Like Les, each of these traces back to Leslie: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Lesliegarden of holly; from a place name746 in the US (2017)
- Leslygarden of hollies; spelling variant of Leslie197 in the US (2017)
- Lesleyfrom the grey fort; a form of Leslie52 in the US (2017)
- Leslifrom the gray fortress; a spelling variant of Leslie16 in the US (2017)
- Lesleegrey fortress; a form of Leslie11 in the US (2017)
- Lezliefrom the gray fortress; a form of Leslie6 in the US (2017)
- Lessiegrey fortress; form of Lesya or Leslie
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Les. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a lion
Like Les, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.