Lesley

A unisex name of Scottish origin, meaning from the grey fort; a form of Leslie.

Babies a year
52
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lesley by the numbers

Lesley was given to 52 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 928 babies in 1980, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

Names that come from Lesley

Forms of Lesley in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Leslion; short form of Lesley or Leslie12 in the US (2017)
  • Sulleysouth meadow; a form of Lesley4 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that come from Leslie

Like Lesley, 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.

  • Leslygarden of hollies; spelling variant of Leslie197 in the US (2017)
  • Leslifrom the gray fortress; a spelling variant of Leslie16 in the US (2017)
  • Leslion; short form of Lesley or Leslie12 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 Lesley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lesleegrey fortress; a form of Leslie11 in the US (2017)
  • Lesliegarden of holly; from a place name746 in the US (2017)
  • Loxleywoodland clearing where locks grow113 in the US (2017)
  • Lesterfrom Leicester; the Roman fort85 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lesley

DarrionAbisaiWesleeJreamJadoreCarlisleLoghanDenym

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