name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A Scottish surname.
2. 2
   A female given name transferred from the surname, used since the 18th century. Popular in the U.K. in the mid-20th century.
3. 3
   A male given name transferred from the surname. rare

Etymology

From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).

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