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Lesly

girl name
Origin
Scottish
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant spelling of Leslie, a Scottish place name traditionally 'garden of hollies'

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Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lesly peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

308 people · the #18,700 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 25

1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Lesly living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Lesly

Most people given the name Lesly in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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The Lesly deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Lesly truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Lesly fits with your family’s names and surname.

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