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Leslie (F)>

Leslie (female)

Pet Name(s):Les (F)
Pet Name for:Lessie (F)
Can be spelt:Lesley (F)
Masculine form:Lesley (M) Leslie (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Scottish and English, this spelling is generally male but occasionally female, especially in the US.

Derived from the surname, itself derived from the "lands of Lesslyn" in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with the possible meaning "garden of hollies".