Leslie Forename
1,216th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 777,141 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Leslie Forename Definition:
(m., f.) a well-known Scottish surname; the family took its name from Leslie in Aberdeenshire; early forms of the place-name are Lesslyn, Lescelin. Its use as a christian name in England seems to have begun in about the last decade of the 19th C, and no explanation of it can be offered.
Read More About This ForenameLeslie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 78% | 454,254 | 1:798 | 163 |
| England | 96% | 86,703 | 1:641 | 144 |
| Philippines | 89% | 32,313 | 1:3,281 | 603 |
| Canada | 72% | 29,984 | 1:1,105 | 255 |
| Mexico | 98% | 17,671 | 1:7,025 | 718 |
| Ghana | 93% | 14,103 | 1:1,914 | 329 |
| South Africa | 90% | 13,855 | 1:3,936 | 748 |
| Chile | 98% | 10,670 | 1:1,650 | 268 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 8,197 | 1:865 | 200 |
| Jamaica | - | 8,003 | 1:360 | 56 |
| France | 99% | 7,482 | 1:8,884 | 609 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 7,292 | 1:487 | 95 |
| Peru | 97% | 5,762 | 1:5,517 | 810 |
| Scotland | 89% | 5,223 | 1:1,024 | 196 |
| Guatemala | 96% | 5,076 | 1:3,173 | 483 |
| Wales | 96% | 4,944 | 1:626 | 148 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,006 | 1:5,192 | 885 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,608 | 1:522 | 80 |
| Australia | - | 3,555 | 1:3,842 | 574 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,448 | 1:12,587 | 1,766 |
| Honduras | 81% | 2,307 | 1:3,822 | 560 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,236 | 1:4,665 | 688 |
| Venezuela | 58% | 2,204 | 1:13,703 | 1,326 |
| Brazil | 68% | 2,187 | 1:97,959 | 5,496 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,920 | 1:5,984 | 826 |
| Ireland | 98% | 1,743 | 1:2,664 | 358 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,684 | 1:2,694 | 477 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,562 | 1:11,349 | 878 |
| Malaysia | 85% | 1,511 | 1:20,152 | 2,045 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,372 | 1:992 | 172 |
| Kenya | - | 1,369 | 1:33,826 | 2,710 |
| Netherlands | 76% | 1,297 | 1:13,032 | 1,432 |
| India | 100% | 1,251 | 1:971,125 | 64,141 |
| Northern Ireland | 99% | 1,236 | 1:1,491 | 274 |
| Nicaragua | 56% | 1,141 | 1:5,275 | 742 |
| Zimbabwe | 85% | 1,035 | 1:14,902 | 1,781 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,031 | 1:4,859 | 726 |
| Costa Rica | 56% | 1,019 | 1:4,679 | 612 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83% | 1,004 | 1:8,120 | 833 |
| Colombia | 98% | 947 | 1:50,453 | 2,262 |
| Panama | 91% | 888 | 1:4,399 | 786 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 876 | 1:24,670 | 2,038 |
| Isle of Man | 99% | 823 | 1:103 | 26 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 801 | 1:221,678 | 9,257 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 790 | 1:13,419 | 1,206 |
| China | - | 790 | 1:1,729,185 | 40,693 |
| Guyana | 100% | 777 | 1:982 | 141 |
| Bahamas | - | 761 | 1:525 | 118 |
| Thailand | 51% | 706 | 1:99,243 | 8,433 |
| Germany | 57% | 647 | 1:149,425 | 2,657 |
| Singapore | 58% | 615 | 1:10,223 | 1,902 |
| Togo | - | 577 | 1:12,546 | 1,699 |
| Indonesia | - | 532 | 1:484,894 | 36,805 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 491 | 1:1,183 | 233 |
| Israel | 61% | 486 | 1:17,290 | 1,744 |
| Spain | 54% | 450 | 1:103,400 | 2,933 |
| Tanzania | 89% | 430 | 1:122,764 | 6,319 |
| Malawi | 71% | 423 | 1:40,455 | 2,904 |
| Zambia | - | 382 | 1:41,505 | 2,783 |
| El Salvador | - | 381 | 1:16,645 | 966 |
| Botswana | 94% | 348 | 1:6,277 | 1,009 |
| Egypt | - | 347 | 1:264,844 | 8,902 |
| Argentina | 63% | 340 | 1:125,804 | 2,058 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Qatar | 60% | 317 | 1:7,475 | 1,212 |
| Cuba | - | 313 | 1:36,762 | 1,335 |
| Hong Kong | - | 282 | 1:27,492 | 2,340 |
| Switzerland | 82% | 276 | 1:29,759 | 1,716 |
| Belize | 87% | 229 | 1:1,547 | 344 |
| Uruguay | 87% | 223 | 1:15,371 | 965 |
| Barbados | - | 222 | 1:1,305 | 305 |
| Oman | - | 210 | 1:19,565 | 1,723 |
| Malta | - | 205 | 1:2,094 | 393 |
| Denmark | - | 202 | 1:27,968 | 1,402 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Sweden | 50% | 189 | 1:52,158 | 2,717 |
| Jersey | - | 186 | 1:538 | 125 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 185 | 1:399,068 | 14,867 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Grenada | 82% | 176 | 1:614 | 92 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Japan | - | 157 | 1:815,198 | 13,814 |
| Lebanon | 85% | 154 | 1:36,543 | 2,039 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Italy | 84% | 153 | 1:399,099 | 4,570 |
| Ivory Coast | 88% | 149 | 1:154,872 | 8,294 |
| Guam | - | 140 | 1:1,147 | 256 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 140 | 1:784 | 138 |
| New Caledonia | 73% | 139 | 1:1,944 | 389 |
| Portugal | - | 138 | 1:75,441 | 2,229 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 82% | 133 | 1:839 | 104 |
| Norway | 100% | 128 | 1:40,096 | 1,811 |
| Haiti | 100% | 127 | 1:84,464 | 4,983 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 126 | 1:789 | 132 |
| Paraguay | 85% | 109 | 1:66,393 | 2,099 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Saint Lucia | 84% | 102 | 1:1,743 | 317 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 93 | 1:659 | 113 |
| Bermuda | - | 83 | 1:781 | 158 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 83 | 1:10,495 | 912 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 82 | 1:289,874 | 21,591 |
| Benin | 100% | 68 | 1:155,527 | 8,126 |
| Liberia | 97% | 68 | 1:64,883 | 3,184 |
| Uganda | 86% | 66 | 1:620,559 | 13,101 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 53 | 1:3,667,126 | 39,769 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| Greece | 100% | 49 | 1:223,154 | 4,334 |
| Suriname | 100% | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 47 | 1:1,167 | 268 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 46 | 1:679 | 114 |
| South Korea | - | 46 | 1:120,531 | 5,736 |
| Aruba | - | 42 | 1:2,471 | 502 |
| Burkina Faso | 94% | 42 | 1:437,606 | 15,515 |
| Russia | 58% | 39 | 1:3,698,300 | 20,046 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 36 | 1:162 | 36 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| Iraq | 100% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 32 | 1:1,019,485 | 12,454 |
| Hungary | 96% | 32 | 1:305,993 | 1,364 |
| Luxembourg | 91% | 32 | 1:17,627 | 1,144 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Austria | 100% | 24 | 1:354,758 | 3,899 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 24 | 1:3,859,296 | 3,459 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Finland | 68% | 20 | 1:274,159 | 4,096 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 20 | 1:357,600 | 16,509 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 19 | 1:107,368 | 9,037 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 18 | 1:736 | 98 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 13 | 1:2,670 | 563 |
| Turkey | 80% | 11 | 1:7,072,883 | 27,150 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Monaco | 80% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Croatia | 100% | 8 | 1:527,134 | 5,786 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Czechia | 50% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Georgia | - | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Armenia | - | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Marshall Islands | 67% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Palestine | 67% | 3 | 1:1,516,686 | 4,479 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Pitcairn Islands | - | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Léslie (6), Lesliê (2), Leslié (2), Lêslie (1) & Lêsliê (1) are calculated separately.
Leslie (68,767) may also be a surname.
Leslie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(m., f.) a well-known Scottish surname; the family took its name from Leslie in Aberdeenshire; early forms of the place-name are Lesslyn, Lescelin. Its use as a christian name in England seems to have begun in about the last decade of the 19th C, and no explanation of it can be offered. Leslie is now a common man’s name and is sometimes also given to girls, when it is usually spelt Lesley.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Is, like Howard and Percy, derived from the surname, which may possibly be explained as for the Lesly (more generally Lesley) of Scott’s Quentin Durward, where we learn that ‘ the Lesleys claim descent from the hero who overthrew a Hungarian champion—“Between the less lee (lea) and the mair (greater).’” (Weekley, Romance of Names) Occasionally it is bestowed on girls, generally in the form Lesley.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: One who leases.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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