Leslie

Scottish
"garden of holly"

Leslie Origin and Meaning

The name Leslie is a girl's name of Scottish origin meaning "garden of holly".

A Scottish place and surname that was once adrogynous but now leans about 20 to 1 toward the girls' side, Leslie has a pleasant, heathery feel that kept it in or near the Top 100 for several decades; the Lesly and Lesley spellings are also frequently used, especially in Britain. While Leslie may not be the freshest name in the bunch, it's become a modern classic and is one of the surprising names always to have ranked among the US Top 1000 for girls.

Trivia tidbit: Both President Gerald Ford and comedian Bob Hope were born Leslie, and Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart used the name for their daughter, in honor of actor Leslie Howard.

# 670 in the US

Leslie Rank in US Top 1000

# 980 on Nameberry

Leslie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Leslie Popularity

Famous People Named Leslie

  • Leslie Claire Margaret Caron
    French actress
  • Leslie Mann
    American actress
  • Leslie Louise Bibb
    American actress
  • Leslie Feist
    Canadian singer,songwriter
  • Leslie Uggams
    American actress and singer
  • Leslie Ann Stefanson
    American actress/ model/artist
  • Leslie Marmon Silko
    American novelist
  • Leslie Bourgouin
    French pop singer
  • Leslie Barbara Carter
    American pop singer; sister of singers Nick and Aaron Carter
  • Leslie de Selincourt
    wife of Christopher Robin Milne
  • Mrs. Leslie Carter (born Caroline Louise Dudley)
    American actress
  • Leslie Jeanne Erganian
    American visual artist and writer
  • Leslie Glass
    American adult film actress
  • Leslie Ann "Sam" Phillips
    American singer,songwriter
  • Leslie Howard Bogart
    daughter of actors Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart
  • Leslie Erin Grossman
    American actress

Leslie in Pop Culture

  • Leslie Moore
    character in L.M. Montgomery's "Anne's House of Dreams"
  • Leslie Knope
    character on TV's "Parks and Recreation"
  • Leslie Burke
    character in "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
  • Leslie Buffay
    one of Phoebe's triplets on TV's "Friends"
  • Leslie
    character in "Ink Exchange" by Melissa Marr
  • Leslie Elizabeth Shay
    character on TV's "Chicago Fire"
  • Leslie Benedict
    character in "Giant" by Edna Ferber
  • Leslie "Lee" Thompkins
    character in DC Universe
  • Leslie Willis aka Livewire
    character in DC Universe
  • Leslie Corrales
    main character in the Spanish novel "La Guerra Sucia"
  • Leslie Rodgers
    main character played by Jennifer Lopez in the 2013 film "Parker"
  • Leslie Winkle
    character on the TV series "The Big Bang Theory"
  • Leslie Hunter is a character in "St. Elmo's Fire"
    portrayed by Ally Sheedy.