Leslie
//ˈlɛzli// name
name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 3 A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
"'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."
- 4 A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, south-west of Insch (OS grid ref NJ5924).
- 5 A large village in Fife council area, Scotland, west of Glenrothes (OS grid ref NO2401).
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- 6 A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Searcy County, Arkansas.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Sumter County, Georgia.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A township and city therein, in Ingham County, Michigan.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Franklin County, Missouri.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Belmont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
- 14 A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Example
More examples"The friendship between Winston Lord, who was born to wealth and privilege, and Leslie Gelb, who was not, started when Lord’s wife and Gelb were students at Tufts University in Massachusetts. It ended in August when Gelb died."
Etymology
From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).
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