Skip to main content

Updated August 7, 2024

Table of contents

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : Gray fortress
  • Scottish : Dweller in the gray castle
  • Old English : Small meadow

Girl name variations

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : Low meadow

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Leslie

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : habitational name from a barony in Aberdeenshire, which is first recorded c.1180 in the form Lesslyn, of obscure origin.
  • English : possibly from a double diminutive of the personal name Lece (see Leece), thus Lecelin.

Famous people who gave their babies this name

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe