Lesley - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Lesley \l(e)-sley, les-ley\, also used as boy's name Lesley, is a variant of Leslie (Scottish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Lesley is "holly garden".

The baby name Lesley sounds like Lezley, Lesly, Leslee and Leslea. Other similar baby names are Lesy, Chesley, Lassey, Lezlee, Lesli, Lilley, Leelee, Lynley and Weslee.

Lesley is a very common first name for women (#612 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#10335 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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