Lesli

A girls’ name of Scottish origin, meaning from the gray fortress; a spelling variant of Leslie.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lesli by the numbers

Lesli was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 166 babies in 2001, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Leslie

Like Lesli, 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.

  • Lesleyfrom the grey fort; a form of Leslie52 in the US (2017)
  • Leslion; short form of Lesley or Leslie12 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 Lesli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lesliegarden of holly; from a place name746 in the US (2017)
  • Leslygarden of hollies; spelling variant of Leslie197 in the US (2017)
  • Leylinight; variant spelling of Layla9 in the US (2017)
  • Leili5 in the US (2017)
  • Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
  • Leylanight101 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Lesli

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

Names about as common as Lesli

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