Les - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Les \les\ is a variant of Leslie (Scottish, Gaelic) and Lester (Old English), and the meaning of Les is "holly garden; from Leicester".

The baby name Les sounds like Lewis, Luis and Lewes. Other similar baby names are Lex, Lee, Des, Le-, Leo, Lea, Le, Lem, Len, Lev, Lew and Wes.

Les is a somewhat common first name for men (#895 out of 1220) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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