Lesli

Where Lesli comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lesli.

  • Vowel-ended
Lesli through the years
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #2,739 among girls with 13 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1953
    Lesli Linka Glatter born
    American film director
  3. 1965
    Lesli Kay born
    American actress
  4. 1967
    Peak, #833
    145 babies named Lesli, its best rank.
  5. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,798.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Lesli Linka Glatter · American film director, born 1953
  • Lesli Kay · American actress, born 1965
  • Lesli Margherita · American actress, born 1973
  • Lesli Brea · Dominican Republic baseball player, born 1973
  • Lesli Myrthil · Swedish basketball player, born 1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.