Leslie (name)
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɛsli/ LESS-lee or /ˈlɛzli/ LEZ-lee |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Gaelic |
| Derivation | from a placename |
| Meaning | "holly garden" |
| Region of origin | Scotland |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Lesley (for females) |
Leslie is a surname and given name, derived from the name of Clan Leslie. The name derives from a placename in Aberdeenshire,[1] perhaps an anglicisation of an originally Gaelic leas celyn "holly-garden".[2] In the United Kingdom, the name is spelled Leslie when given to boys, while for girls it is usually rendered as Lesley.
First name
The following people bear the first name Leslie:
Female
- Leslie (singer) (born 1985), French pop-R&B singer
- Leslie Cohen Berlowitz (1944-2020), American academic
- Leslie Bibb (born 1974), American actress
- Leslie Caron (born 1931), French actress
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (born 1962), puppeteer, also known as the voice of Abby Cadabby in Sesame Street.
- Leslie Carter (1986-2012), 2000s pop and later, pop/rock singer
- Mrs. Leslie Carter (1857-1937), American stage actress
- Leslie Cheng, American mathematician
- Leslie Erganian, American artist
- Leslie Feist (born 1976), Canadian singer
- Leslie Fish, American musician and songwriter
- Lesley Gore (1946-2015), American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist
- Leslie Hogben, American mathematician
- Leslie Mahaffy (1976-1991), Canadian homicide victim
- Leslie Mann (born 1972), American actress
- Lesley Manville (born 1956), English actress
- Leslie Marshall (journalist), American journalist
- Leslie "Sam" Phillips (born 1962), American singer and songwriter
- Leslie Pope (1954-2020), American set decorator
- Lesley Sharp (born 1960), English stage, film, and television actress
- Leslie Crocker Snyder (born 1942), American lawyer and former judge
- Leslie Uggams (born 1943), American actress
- Leslie Van Houten (born 1949), American murderer and member of the Manson Family
- Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), American actress
Male
- Les Aspin (1938-1995), American politician
- Leslie Banks (1890-1952), English actor
- Leslie Benzies (born 1971), Scottish video game producer and former president of Rockstar North
- Leslie Bohem (born 1951), a screenwriter who wrote Dante's Peak and Taken, among others
- Leslie Cauchi, backup singer with The Del-Satins and Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge
- Leslie Charteris (1907-1993), half-Chinese, half-English author of primarily mystery fiction
- Leslie Cheung (1956—2003), Hong Kong actor-singer
- Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born 1963), lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus
- Leslie Cochran (1951-2012), vagrant cross-dresser of Austin, Texas
- Leslie Crowther (1933-1996), English comedian and TV presenter
- Leslie Duncan (1880-1952), Australian journalist and politician
- Les Ferdinand (born 1966), English footballer
- Leslie Frazier (born 1959), American NFL head coach and former player
- Leslie Glasgow (1914-1980), American conservationist
- Les Gleadell (1921-2009), Falkland Islands civil servant.
- Leslie Groves (1896-1970), American general in command of the Manhattan Project
- Leslie Bob Hope (1903–2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, British-born American actor-comedian
- Leslie Howard (actor) (1893-1943), British actor
- Leslie Howard (musician) (born 1948), Australian pianist and composer
- Leslie Lamport (born 1941), American computer scientist
- Leslie Lynch King, Jr. (1913-2006), birth name of 38th U.S. President Gerald Ford
- Leslie Manigat (1930-2014), President of Haiti
- Les Miles (born 1953), American college football coach and former player
- Leslie Miller (disambiguation)
- Les Mills (born 1934), New Zealand track and field athlete and politician.
- Leslie Moonves (born 1949), President and CEO of CBS
- Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010), Canadian-American actor and comedian
- Leslie Odom Jr. (born 1981), American actor and singer
- Leslie O'Neal (born 1964), American football player
- Leslie Phillips (born 1924), British actor
- Leslie Pridgen (born 1978), American rapper who goes by the name of Freeway
- Leslie Sears (1901-1992), English cricketer
- Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), English author and critic
- Leslie Thomas (1931-2014), British author
- Leslie Valiant (born 1949), British computer scientist
- Leslie West (born 1945), American musician
- Les Wexner (born 1937), American businessman, founder of L Brands
- Leslie D. Zettergren (born 1943), American biomedical researcher
- Leslie Claudius (1927-2012), Indian Olympic hockey player
Surname
The following people bear the surname of Leslie:
- Alan M. Leslie, Scottish psychologist
- Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross (died 1402)
- Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (c.1580–1661)
- Alexander Leslie of Auchintoul (died 1663)
- Andrew Leslie (general) (born 1957), retired Canadian Forces general
- Andrew Leslie (shipbuilder) (1818–?), Scottish shipbuilder
- Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes (died 1611), Scottish nobleman
- Ann Leslie (born 1941), British journalist
- Austin Leslie (1934–2005), New Orleans chef
- Bethel Leslie (1929–1999), American actress and screenwriter
- Cameron Leslie (swimmer) (born 1990), New Zealand paralympics gold medal winner
- Charles Leslie (nonjuror) (1650–1722), British Jacobite nonjuror and controversialist
- Charles Leslie (priest) (1718-1781), Irish Anglican priest
- Charles Robert Leslie (1794–1859), American genre painter
- Chris Leslie (folk musician) (born 1956), English electric folk musician
- Chris Leslie (politician) (born 1972), British Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham East, formerly MP for Shipley
- David Leslie, Lord Newark (c. 1600–1682), Scottish Civil War general
- David Leslie (c. 1797–1869), American missionary and pioneer in Oregon
- David Leslie (racing driver) (1953–2008), Scottish Touring Car racing driver
- Delroy Leslie (born 1970), Jamaican boxer
- Desmond Leslie (1921–2001), Irish writer and film-maker
- Donald Leslie, (1911-2004), created and manufactured the Leslie speaker
- Ed Leslie (1921–1995), American racing driver. Drove for Carroll Shelby Cobra, Jim Hall, Roger Penske, Bud Moore
- Edgar Leslie (1885–1976), American songwriter, lyricist, charter member of ASCAP
- Edward Leslie (born 1957), American professional wrestler
- Frank Leslie (1821–80), publisher of Frank Leslie's Weekly
- Frank Leslie (Medal of Honor), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Franklin Leslie (C. 1848 – c. 1930), western gunfighter
- Frederick W. Leslie (born 1951), NASA payload specialist
- George Dunlop Leslie (1835–1921), English artist
- Henry David Leslie (1822–1896), English composer and conductor
- Jim Leslie (1937-1976), American public relations executive
- Joan Leslie (1925–2015), American actress
- John Leslie (disambiguation), several people including
- John Leslie (physicist) (1766–1832), Scottish mathematician and physicist
- John A. Leslie (born 1940), Canadian philosopher
- John Leslie (rugby union) (born 1970), former New Zealand rugby union player
- Jordan Leslie (born 1991), American football player
- Lawrie Leslie (born 1935), retired Scottish footballer
- Lew Leslie (1886–1963), Broadway producer
- Lisa Leslie (born 1972), female basketball player
- Martin Leslie (Australian rules footballer) (born 1962), former Australian rules footballer
- Martin Leslie (rugby union) (born 1971), former New Zealand rugby union player
- May Sybil Leslie (1887–1937), British chemist
- Megan Leslie, a Member of Parliament in the riding of Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Melanie Leslie, dean of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Miriam Leslie (1828–1914), wife of Frank Leslie
- Patrick Leslie (1815–1881), early settler in Australia
- Preston Leslie (1819–1907), governor of Kentucky (1871–75)
- R. Conrad Leslie, American businessman
- Rose Leslie (born 1987),Scottish actress
- Ryan Leslie (born 1978), American record producer and singer
- Shane Leslie, Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet (1885–1971)
- Sheila Leslie (born 1955), American politician
- Stefan Leslie (born 1987), Canadian soccer player
- Steve Leslie (footballer, born 1976), Scottish footballer
- Steve Leslie (footballer, born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie (1825–82), Irish economist
- Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross (died 1382)
- Walter Leslie (1607–1667), Imperial Field Marshalj
- William Leslie (disambiguation) or Bill Leslie, several people including
- William Leslie (rugby league), rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League's foundation season of 1908
- William Leslie, 3rd Earl of Rothes (died 1513), Scottish nobleman, briefly Earl of Rothes in 1513, killed at Flodden Field
- Sir William Leslie, 3rd Baronet (died c. 1680), one of the Leslie Baronets
- Wilhelm von Leslie (1718–1727), bishop of Laybach
- William Leslie (British Army officer) (1751–1777), son of Earl of Leven, killed at the Battle of Princeton
- William Leslie (of Nethermuir) (1802–1879), Lord Provost of Aberdeen
- William Leslie (MP) (1814–1880), Scottish politician and MP for Aberdeenshire
- William Leslie (actor), American actor, played Dr. David Conway in The Night the World Exploded
- Bill Leslie (journalist) (born 1952), American journalist and musician
- Bill Leslie (commentator), British football commentator
- William Leslie (footballer), Scottish footballer of the late 19th century
- William Leslie (born 1937), Canadian - North American Chieftain, Clan Leslie Society
People in fiction
- Leslie Burke, the female protagonist of the Katherine Paterson novel, Bridge to Terabithia
- Leslie Lynnton, the socialite played by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1956 film Giant
- Lieutenant Leslie, a character from Star Trek, played by Eddie Paskey
- Leslie Jake Ryan (Hannah Montana), a recurring character on the Disney Channel program Hannah Montana, played by Cody Linley
- Leslie Chow, Chinese character in The Hangover
- The Great Leslie, a character played by Tony Curtis in the 1965 film The Great Race
- Leslie Knope, the main character on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, played by Amy Poehler
- Leslie Winkle, a recurring character on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, played by Sara Gilbert
- Leslie, a flower from The Amazing World of Gumball, a Cartoon Network British animated series.
- Leslie Meyers, a character in South Park
- Leslie Withers, a character from the survival horror video game The Evil Within
- Leslie P. Lilylegs, an antagonist in the Looney Tunes
- Leslie Kyle, a character in the video game, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and the novel, Final Fantasy VII The Kids Are Alright: A Turks Side Story, voiced by Mark Whitten
See also
References
- ^ "Fife Place-name Data :: Leslie". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Leslie". Behind the Name.
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