Definition of "Leslie"

Leslie

/ˈlɛzli/

proper noun
1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
  Quotations
  'Leslie with an "ie",' she had to tell everyone in England because they spelt it with a 'y'. 'Really?' Dominic's mother said, as if Leslie herself was a spelling mistake.
  2010, Kate Atkinson, Started Early, took My Dog, Doubleday, page 19
4. A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, south-west of Insch (OS grid ref NJ5924).
5. A large village in Fife council area, Scotland, west of Glenrothes (OS grid ref NO2401).
6. A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307, Saskatchewan, Canada.
7. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A minor city in Searcy County, Arkansas.
  2. A minor city in Sumter County, Georgia.
  3. A township and city therein, in Ingham County, Michigan.
  4. A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
  5. A village in Franklin County, Missouri.
  6. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
  7. An unincorporated community in Belmont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
8. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.