Les Forename
10,704th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 94,596 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Les Forename Definition:
The diminutive of Leslie.
Les Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 41,748 | 1:8,684 | 992 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,952 | 1:2,077 | 427 |
| Australia | - | 12,372 | 1:1,104 | 228 |
| England | 99% | 10,063 | 1:5,525 | 568 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,590 | 1:988 | 230 |
| Morocco | - | 1,065 | 1:32,252 | 1,644 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 896 | 1:287,906 | 25,346 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| South Africa | 75% | 814 | 1:66,993 | 6,268 |
| Scotland | 100% | 740 | 1:7,230 | 587 |
| France | 100% | 657 | 1:101,173 | 2,215 |
| Poland | 98% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58% | 471 | 1:17,309 | 1,721 |
| Wales | 100% | 374 | 1:8,274 | 744 |
| Egypt | 50% | 347 | 1:264,844 | 8,902 |
| Ireland | 100% | 318 | 1:14,602 | 861 |
| India | 74% | 292 | 1:4,160,541 | 169,538 |
| Cambodia | 90% | 203 | 1:80,164 | 3,949 |
| Russia | 75% | 196 | 1:735,886 | 7,052 |
| Philippines | 68% | 151 | 1:702,050 | 21,228 |
| Netherlands | 87% | 148 | 1:114,203 | 5,567 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 144 | 1:512,692 | 17,971 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 134 | 1:132,439 | 3,581 |
| Afghanistan | 65% | 80 | 1:407,794 | 7,500 |
| Mexico | 100% | 74 | 1:1,677,627 | 10,754 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Germany | 69% | 70 | 1:1,381,113 | 9,422 |
| Guatemala | - | 63 | 1:255,689 | 3,340 |
| Thailand | 77% | 60 | 1:1,167,764 | 40,051 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 50 | 1:36,863 | 1,128 |
| Spain | - | 45 | 1:1,033,999 | 8,832 |
| Singapore | - | 44 | 1:142,888 | 7,923 |
| Malaysia | 55% | 41 | 1:742,681 | 28,689 |
| Ukraine | 66% | 41 | 1:1,109,754 | 3,547 |
| Belgium | 100% | 39 | 1:294,616 | 5,997 |
| Botswana | - | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| China | - | 36 | 1:37,945,994 | 61,562 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 36 | 1:1,759 | 303 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 33 | 1:5,889,627 | 52,616 |
| Switzerland | 65% | 31 | 1:264,951 | 5,486 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Hong Kong | - | 26 | 1:298,182 | 3,645 |
| Brazil | 100% | 24 | 1:8,926,506 | 114,727 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 23 | 1:1,033,464 | 39,019 |
| Qatar | - | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Italy | 53% | 19 | 1:3,213,794 | 18,941 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Argentina | 63% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Denmark | - | 13 | 1:434,577 | 7,147 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 12 | 1:1,285,318 | 41,030 |
| Hungary | 98% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Isle of Man | - | 10 | 1:8,502 | 218 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| Vietnam | - | 10 | 1:9,262,311 | 4,040 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Nigeria | 50% | 9 | 1:19,729,373 | 174,791 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Belarus | 75% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Peru | 83% | 8 | 1:3,973,932 | 31,495 |
| Tunisia | - | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| Cyprus | - | 7 | 1:124,439 | 3,136 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 7 | 1:507,186 | 3,923 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Costa Rica | - | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Israel | 75% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Norway | - | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Congo | 50% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Lesotho | - | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Luxembourg | - | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Sweden | - | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Uganda | - | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Liberia | - | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Czechia | 81% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Leš (19) are calculated separately.
Les (10,374) may also be a surname.
Les Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The diminutive of Leslie.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Les Forename Popularity
Les Demographics
Les Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 13 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leš | 89 | 19 | / |
| Lies | 86 | 25,932 | / |
| Less | 86 | 1,351 | / |
| Leis | 86 | 734 | / |
| Lese | 86 | 476 | / |
| Leus | 86 | 429 | / |
| Lesh | 86 | 428 | / |
| Lees | 86 | 274 | / |
| Leas | 86 | 257 | / |
| Leys | 86 | 217 | / |
| Lets | 86 | 217 | / |
| Lest | 86 | 128 | / |
| Lexs | 86 | 68 | / |
| Leds | 86 | 29 | / |
| Lesp | 86 | 16 | / |
| Lles | 86 | 15 | / |
| Lesr | 86 | 14 | / |
| Lesz | 86 | 9 | / |
| Lejs | 86 | 8 | / |
| Lhes | 86 | 7 | / |
| Lesj | 86 | 5 | / |
| Lesd | 86 | 5 | / |
| Leís | 86 | 4 | / |
| Lehs | 86 | 4 | / |
| L'Es | 86 | 4 | / |
| Hles | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lesx | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lges | 86 | 1 | / |
| Le's | 86 | 1 | / |
| Le | 80 | 1,136,768 | / |
| Ls | 80 | 1,383 | / |
| Leise | 75 | 1,310 | / |
| Llesh | 75 | 748 | / |
| Leeds | 75 | 483 | / |
| Leyse | 75 | 239 | / |
| Lesse | 75 | 224 | / |
| Lease | 75 | 158 | / |
| Leese | 75 | 125 | / |
| Leshe | 75 | 58 | / |
| Leish | 75 | 54 | / |
| Lesch | 75 | 40 | / |
| Leash | 75 | 34 | / |
| Liess | 75 | 31 | / |
| Leesh | 75 | 31 | / |
| Leest | 75 | 28 | / |
| Letts | 75 | 24 | / |
| Leiss | 75 | 21 | / |
| Leads | 75 | 18 | / |
| Leush | 75 | 13 | / |
| Letse | 75 | 11 | / |
| Least | 75 | 10 | / |
| Llies | 75 | 10 | / |
| Leist | 75 | 7 | / |
| Leids | 75 | 6 | / |
| Glies | 75 | 6 | / |
| Liesh | 75 | 6 | / |
| Leths | 75 | 6 | / |
| Leyds | 75 | 6 | / |
| Lesce | 75 | 6 | / |
| Lexxs | 75 | 5 | / |
| Leeys | 75 | 4 | / |
| Lleis | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lhets | 75 | 3 | / |
| Leyss | 75 | 3 | / |
| Leesc | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lee's | 75 | 3 | / |
| Leixs | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lheis | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lehsh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ledse | 75 | 2 | / |
| Leihs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Leess | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lehys | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lejse | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lheds | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lleys | 75 | 2 | / |
| Llese | 75 | 2 | / |
| D'Les | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hleas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hlesh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lleds | 75 | 1 | / |
| Llees | 75 | 1 | / |
| Llest | 75 | 1 | / |
| Liesz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lieys | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leisx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leisz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lesrr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lessd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leisd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leesr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leesx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leets | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leexs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leezs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leyts | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lex's | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lexss | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lhess | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ledds | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leass | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leasz | 75 | 1 | / |
| L'Esp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lhese | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hlese | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lejxs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lhesh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lheys | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lwyes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lei | 67 | 7,902,269 | / |
| Lee | 67 | 1,262,364 | / |
| Lea | 67 | 369,886 | / |
| Lie | 67 | 236,884 | / |
| Lis | 67 | 64,461 | / |
| Lex | 67 | 23,289 | / |
| Ley | 67 | 10,556 | / |
| Lys | 67 | 8,121 | / |
| Leh | 67 | 6,007 | / |
| Let | 67 | 4,000 | / |
| Lep | 67 | 2,065 | / |
| Lsh | 67 | 1,952 | / |
| Leu | 67 | 1,579 | / |
| Led | 67 | 1,056 | / |
| Ler | 67 | 912 | / |
| Lez | 67 | 490 | / |
| Lec | 67 | 313 | / |
| Lle | 67 | 137 | / |
| Lej | 67 | 129 | / |
| Hle | 67 | 72 | / |
| Leisse | 67 | 64 | / |
| Lhe | 67 | 55 | / |
| Lse | 67 | 51 | / |
| Hls | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lce | 67 | 32 | / |
| Lsd | 67 | 32 | / |
| Leshch | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lsp | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lss | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lst | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lje | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lls | 67 | 21 | / |
| Leysse | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lhs | 67 | 18 | / |
| Lesche | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ljs | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lge | 67 | 13 | / |
| Letshe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Lsj | 67 | 11 | / |
| Leeshe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Leetse | 67 | 9 | / |
| Leishe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lze | 67 | 7 | / |
| Looies | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lsz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lée | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lís | 67 | 5 | / |
| Leitse | 67 | 5 | / |
| Leashe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Leë | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leá | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lêe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lesova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leidse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leesse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leasse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lessce | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leí | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loeijs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leisce | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leesch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lehese | 67 | 2 | / |
| D'lese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlease | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlesse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lås | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lleeys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lleiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lleyds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lleyss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leishh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leishs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leiths | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lets'e | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leschz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lessze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lehyse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leisch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leed's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leedss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leesth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leetsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhiess | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leadds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leasze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luoies | 67 | 1 | / |
| La'ees | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lëe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leezse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geeles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lleyse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leiseh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leç | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lioees | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lãe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lèe | 67 | 1 | / |
Les Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Les in the Russian language | ||
| Лес | les | - |
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Les