lesley
/lˈɛsli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name transferred from the surname, used since the 18th century. Popular in the U.K. in the mid-20th century.
name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Etymology
From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: lios cuileann