Lesly

A girls’ name of Scottish origin, meaning garden of hollies; spelling variant of Leslie.

Babies a year
197
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lesly by the numbers

Lesly was given to 197 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 839 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Leslie

Like Lesly, 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.

  • 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 Lesly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • 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)
  • Lessly6 in the US (2017)
  • Lezly5 in the US (2017)
  • Lillylily flower; variant of Lily382 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lesly

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

  • Lesliegarden of holly; from a place name746 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lesly

StacyLeilanyDawsynDiorEisleyRosalindMaisynSiya

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