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LESLIE

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: LEZ-lee, LES-lee   [key]

From a Scottish surname which was derived from a Scottish place name, probably derived from Gaelic leas celyn meaning "garden of holly". It has been used as a given name since the 19th century. In America it was more common as a feminine name after the 1940s.
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