Lesia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lesia by the numbers

Lesia was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 278 babies in 1965, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Lesia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lesia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Leiaweary; a form of leah1,151 in the US (2017)
  • Lexiadefender of men; a form of Alexandra11 in the US (2017)
  • Leviajoined or attached; feminine form of Levi10 in the US (2017)
  • Lusialight; a form of Lucia6 in the US (2017)
  • Lelia30 in the US (2017)
  • Leasia28 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lesia

Names that are said the same way as Lesia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Lesia

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