Leslie

• Lesley

From a place name in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Goidelic lios cuileann "garden of hollies".

Leslie

1. A Scottish surname​.
2. A male given name derived from the surname.
3. A female given name, of mostly American usage.
   • 2010 Kate Atkinson, Started Early, took My Dog, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 19:

     'Leslie with an "ie",' she had to tell everyone in England because they spelt it with a 'y'. 'Really?' Dominic's mother said, as if Leslie herself was a spelling mistake.

• The male name was popular in the U.K. during the first half of the 20th century.
• The female given name is usually spelled Lesley in the U.K.

• Leslie County

• eisell

From English Leslie.

Leslie

1. a female given name

• Lesly

Borrowed from English. By folk etymology confused with Liesel, Liesl, German pet forms of Elisabeth.

• IPA^(key): /lɛ.sli/

Leslie

1. A female given name, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.

Leslie

1. A Scottish surname meaning "garden of hollies".
2. A male or female given name transferred from the surname.