Leslie

//ˈlɛzli// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 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. 4
    A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, south-west of Insch (OS grid ref NJ5924).
  5. 5
    A large village in Fife council area, Scotland, west of Glenrothes (OS grid ref NO2401).
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  1. 6
    A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Searcy County, Arkansas.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Sumter County, Georgia.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and city therein, in Ingham County, Michigan.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Franklin County, Missouri.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Belmont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
  9. 14
    A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

Etymology

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

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