Lester

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• English : habitational name from Leicester, named in Old English from the tribal name Ligore (itself adapted from a British river name) + Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’).
• English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Lestre in Normandy.
• English and Scottish : variant of Lister.