Leslie
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈlɛzli//
- //ˈlɛsli//
A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
proper noun
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A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
'Leslie with an "ie",' she had to tell everyone in England because they spelt it with a 'y'. 'Really?' Dominic's mother said, as if Leslie herself was a spelling mistake.
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A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, south-west of Insch (OS grid ref NJ5924).
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A large village in Fife council area, Scotland, west of Glenrothes (OS grid ref NO2401).
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A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Searcy County, Arkansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Sumter County, Georgia.
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A number of places in the United States: A township and city therein, in Ingham County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Franklin County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Belmont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Etymology
From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).
Leslie · A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
less · Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of…lesser · Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in…Lesser · A surname.