Details for the forename Leslie

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Leslie (male)


Variants:	Lesley (M)
Diminutive(s):	Les (M)
Can be spelt:	Lesly (M)
Feminine form:	Lesley (F) Leslie (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	Scottish and English, this spelling is generally male but occasionally female, especially US. Derived from the surname, itself derived from the "lands of Lesslyn" in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with the possible meaning "garden of hollies".