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What does Les mean?

Les Pronunciation of Les as a name for boys is of Old English derivation, and the name Les means "holly garden; from Leicester". Les is an alternate form of Leslie (Scottish, Gaelic): also possibly "the gray castle". Les is also a variation of Lester (Old English).

STARTS WITH Le-

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, holly (tree)

Variations

RELATED FORMS VIA LESLIE, LESTER Leslea, Leslee, Lesley, Lesly, Lezly

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Les Rene (L.R.), ..

How popular is Les?

Les is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#895 out of 1220, Top 73%) and an even more prominent last name for both adults and children (#48293 out of 150436, Top 32%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Les entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its apex position of #745 in the U.S. during the years 1960-1969, but is not in the Top 1000 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Les name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Les outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Lester (#1691 FROM RECENT DATA), Lesley and Leslie are the popular alternative forms of Les rated in the Top 2000. Usage of these forms of Les reached its highest 118 years ago (MEDIAN #775) and has become significantly reduced since (#1922, 99%).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Les, Lesley, Leslie, Lester in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Les and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Les is pronounced similarly to Lewes, Lewis, Louis, Luce, Luis and Luiz. Other recommended sound-alike names are Des, Le, Le-, Lea, Lee, Lem, Len, Leo, Lev, Lew, Lex and Wes. These names tend to be less frequently used than Les.

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