Message: "Leslie" - Behind the Name

Leslie

by Buneary

9/4/2013, 4:50 PM

This is a name I've hated for quite a while, but now I'm warming up to it since I discovered Leslie Caron, whose movies I've taken a liking to. I only like it for a girl. I don't think I'll be using it, though.

I know it's quite dated in the English-speaking world, but WDYT? What would you pair it with? (Ms. Caron's full name is Leslie Claire Margaret.)

#Leslie

This message was edited 9/4/2013, 4:53 PM

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- Winter

9/4/2013, 11:26 PM

I don't really like it. It's usable on a girl, but i hate it on a boy.

Combos:

Leslie Annabel
Leslie June
Leslie Araminta
Leslie Sage

- HaySkyNat (guest)

9/4/2013, 8:10 PM

I don't mind it for a middle name, but that because in my family as well as my boyfriend's family it honours a few people.

- Hola123 (guest) +2

9/4/2013, 7:07 PM

I don't completely loathe it, but I've never cared for it. You're right about it sounding dated, and it does sound better as a feminine name.

Leslie Taylor
Leslie Willow
Leslie Bridget
Leslie Norah
Leslie Rowan

I think Leslie sounds best when paired with a fairly modern (by that I mean it still gets used today) name that begins with a consonant. Btw, it kind of bugs me when people complain about it reminding them of the word "lesbian". I never even made the connection until a friend of mine once pointed it out to me, and I don't see why it's even a problem anyway.

- queenv (guest) +1

9/5/2013, 4:54 AM

I have nothing against lesbians, it's just that I don't want to automatically think of lesbians when I hear a name. It's the same as with Hannah, which always makes me think of chicken soup. There's nothing objectionable about chicken soup, I just don't want to automatically think of it when I hear a name. As far as the Hannah/chicken soup connection, it's a mystery and I don't know why I make that association, but the Leslie/lesbian connection should be very obvious, I would think. The first syllables of the the name and the word are identical---at least, they are the way that most Americans pronounce Leslie.

- Amazing (guest)

9/5/2013, 6:10 AM

I agree with you! My niece has this name and some called her leso at school.

- RoxStar +2

9/4/2013, 5:21 PM

It's okay. I mainly don't like it because so many people pronounce it Lezlee, which I can't stand. Same thing with Presley, people are always pronouncing it Prezlee. Ugh.

Anyway, middle names... keep it fairly simple.

Leslie Amber
Leslie Brooke
Leslie Candace
Leslie Dawn (knew one, she went by Dawn.)
Leslie Erin
Leslie Frances
Leslie Gail
Leslie Hope
Leslie Irene
Leslie Jo
Leslie Kim
Leslie Michelle
Leslie Nicole
Leslie Opal
Leslie Paige
Leslie Quinn
Leslie Raine
Leslie Shay
Leslie Tamara
Leslie Virginia
Leslie Wynn
Leslie Yvonne

It's somewhat dated but not really that much. The youngest Leslie I know of is probably fourteen or fifteen by now.

- Rose-Berry +1

9/5/2013, 1:58 PM

How else do you pronounce Leslie and Presley?

- queenv (guest)

9/5/2013, 2:00 PM

I'm guessing with a soft S sound, Less-lie rather than Lez-lie and Press-ley rather than Prez-ley.

- Amazing (guest) +1

9/4/2013, 5:12 PM

This would have to be one of my most hated name. It's unisex, dated, dull the sound doesn't appeal to me.

I know of two Lesley Ann and Lesleigh Marie and I once worked with a Leslie. I also thonk of lesbians when I think of this name.

Leslie Anneliese
Leslie Caroline
Leslie Elisabeth
Leslie Erin
Leslie Abigail
Leslie Rose
Leslie Patricia
Leslie Kathleen
Leslie Rebecca
Leslie Kate

- queenv (guest)

9/4/2013, 5:52 PM

Ditto to your first paragraph and this name has also always made me think of lesbians.

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