Lesley Forename
4,039th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 260,373 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Lesley Forename Definition:
A female name. this is the usual spelling of Leslie (q.v.) when used as a girl’s name.
Lesley Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 106,336 | 1:523 | 114 |
| United States | 91% | 50,546 | 1:7,172 | 883 |
| South Africa | 59% | 17,092 | 1:3,191 | 598 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17,066 | 1:314 | 74 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,429 | 1:2,147 | 444 |
| Australia | - | 13,185 | 1:1,036 | 214 |
| New Zealand | - | 6,976 | 1:650 | 151 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,875 | 1:635 | 152 |
| Namibia | - | 2,500 | 1:962 | 198 |
| Netherlands | 58% | 2,452 | 1:6,893 | 971 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,966 | 1:13,726 | 1,182 |
| Philippines | 89% | 1,745 | 1:60,750 | 4,117 |
| Kenya | - | 1,516 | 1:30,546 | 2,543 |
| Belgium | 71% | 1,493 | 1:7,696 | 948 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85% | 1,270 | 1:6,419 | 668 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,254 | 1:1,470 | 271 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,145 | 1:18,165 | 2,459 |
| Ireland | 71% | 927 | 1:5,009 | 491 |
| Zimbabwe | 63% | 898 | 1:17,176 | 1,955 |
| Brazil | 100% | 884 | 1:242,349 | 10,134 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| France | 100% | 515 | 1:129,069 | 2,527 |
| Mexico | 99% | 492 | 1:252,326 | 4,033 |
| Cameroon | 61% | 478 | 1:45,210 | 3,050 |
| Nigeria | 61% | 432 | 1:411,029 | 13,764 |
| China | - | 406 | 1:3,364,669 | 49,375 |
| Spain | 100% | 401 | 1:116,035 | 3,126 |
| Malaysia | 53% | 379 | 1:80,343 | 6,001 |
| Zambia | - | 377 | 1:42,055 | 2,807 |
| Botswana | 100% | 348 | 1:6,277 | 1,009 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 318 | 1:11,164 | 701 |
| Suriname | 100% | 280 | 1:1,974 | 460 |
| Egypt | - | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Guernsey | - | 234 | 1:271 | 68 |
| Malawi | 100% | 233 | 1:73,443 | 4,317 |
| Portugal | - | 231 | 1:45,069 | 1,625 |
| India | 81% | 217 | 1:5,598,516 | 205,960 |
| Solomon Islands | 73% | 217 | 1:2,677 | 414 |
| Germany | 61% | 210 | 1:460,371 | 5,044 |
| Peru | 96% | 202 | 1:157,383 | 4,600 |
| Thailand | 100% | 192 | 1:364,926 | 19,180 |
| Poland | - | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 53% | 171 | 1:7,962 | 1,245 |
| Jersey | 100% | 170 | 1:588 | 140 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 161 | 1:64,790 | 3,973 |
| Chile | 96% | 150 | 1:117,381 | 2,792 |
| Jamaica | - | 134 | 1:21,517 | 1,721 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Guatemala | 75% | 118 | 1:136,512 | 2,555 |
| Cyprus | - | 116 | 1:7,509 | 738 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 113 | 1:63,292 | 5,579 |
| Singapore | 86% | 101 | 1:62,248 | 6,856 |
| Switzerland | 74% | 99 | 1:82,965 | 2,853 |
| Hong Kong | - | 92 | 1:84,269 | 2,739 |
| Qatar | 50% | 89 | 1:26,625 | 3,698 |
| Colombia | 100% | 85 | 1:562,105 | 8,254 |
| Greece | 65% | 85 | 1:128,642 | 3,158 |
| Malta | - | 85 | 1:5,051 | 678 |
| Venezuela | 67% | 79 | 1:382,302 | 11,180 |
| Ecuador | - | 77 | 1:230,220 | 3,701 |
| Italy | 82% | 76 | 1:803,449 | 7,422 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Sweden | 89% | 66 | 1:149,362 | 5,748 |
| Bahamas | - | 63 | 1:6,339 | 890 |
| Guyana | 86% | 59 | 1:12,937 | 1,832 |
| Denmark | - | 54 | 1:104,620 | 2,976 |
| Israel | 53% | 48 | 1:175,061 | 5,797 |
| Norway | 92% | 47 | 1:109,198 | 3,431 |
| Gibraltar | - | 41 | 1:833 | 177 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 36 | 1:1,703 | 393 |
| Indonesia | - | 36 | 1:7,165,657 | 253,882 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Panama | 63% | 33 | 1:118,381 | 5,491 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 30 | 1:792,323 | 34,623 |
| Barbados | - | 28 | 1:10,350 | 1,088 |
| Saint Lucia | 72% | 28 | 1:6,351 | 1,010 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 70% | 28 | 1:3,985 | 727 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| Tanzania | 88% | 26 | 1:2,030,320 | 22,015 |
| Liberia | 89% | 25 | 1:176,482 | 6,494 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 82% | 24 | 1:2,286 | 512 |
| Russia | 60% | 23 | 1:6,271,031 | 28,173 |
| Andorra | - | 22 | 1:3,768 | 371 |
| Belize | 63% | 22 | 1:16,105 | 2,014 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 19 | 1:250,945 | 5,192 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,736 | 389 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 17 | 1:5,001 | 173 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 14 | 1:145,714 | 11,276 |
| Monaco | - | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| Iceland | 100% | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Nicaragua | 67% | 12 | 1:501,528 | 8,668 |
| Uganda | 78% | 12 | 1:3,413,077 | 36,062 |
| Japan | - | 11 | 1:11,635,096 | 36,893 |
| Turkey | 100% | 11 | 1:7,072,883 | 27,150 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| El Salvador | - | 10 | 1:634,179 | 5,114 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Vietnam | - | 10 | 1:9,262,311 | 4,040 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Grenada | 67% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Austria | 50% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| Honduras | 67% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Argentina | 67% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Finland | 80% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Lésley (1) are calculated separately.
Lesley (6,355) may also be a surname.
Lesley Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. this is the usual spelling of Leslie (q.v.) when used as a girl’s name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
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Sample size: 13 (1901)
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