Leslie

Leslie

Pronunciation	Les-lee
Gender	unisex
Origin
Word/name	Leslie, Scotland
Meaning	No true definition given.
Region of origin	Scotland
Other names
Related names	Lesley female

Leslie 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.

Places

in Canada:

• Leslie Street, road in Toronto and York Region, Ontario
  • Leslie (TTC), subway station located on the above road
  • Leslie Street Spit, artificial spit in Toronto, south of the above road

in Scotland:

• Leslie, Fife

in the United States of America:

• Leslie, Arkansas
• Leslie, Georgia
• Leslie, Michigan
• Leslie Township, Michigan
• Leslie Township, Minnesota

in Australia

• Leslie Dam, dam in Warwick South West Queensland

Other

• Clan Leslie, Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast"
• The Leslie speaker system
• Leslie Motor Car company
• Leslie (band), American rock band

People

First name

The following people bear the first name Leslie:

Female

• Leslie (comedienne), American stand-up comedian and actress
• Leslie (singer), French pop-R&B singer
• Leslie Bibb, American actress
• Leslie Caron, French actress
• Leslie Carter, 2000s pop and later, pop/rock singer
• Mrs. Leslie Carter, American stage actress
• Leslie Erganian, American artist
• Leslie Feist, Canadian singer
• Leslie Glass (1963–2000), American porn performer
• Leslie Crocker Snyder, American lawyer and former judge
• Leslie Uggams, American actress

Male

• Les Aspin, American politician
• Leslie Bohem, a screenwriter who wrote Dante's Peak and Taken, among others
• Leslie Charteris, half-Chinese, half English author of primarily mystery fiction
• Leslie Cheung (1956—2003), Hong Kong actor-singer
• Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool, lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus
• Leslie Cochran, famous vagrant cross-dresser of Austin, Texas
• Leslie Groves, American general in command of the Manhattan Project
• Bob Hope (1903–2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, American actor-comedian
• Leslie Howard (actor), British actor
• Leslie Howard (musician), Australian pianist and composer
• Leslie Lamport, American computer scientist
• Leslie Lynch King, Jr., birth name of 38th U.S. President Gerald R. Ford
• Leslie Manigat, President of Haiti
• Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS
• Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010), Canadian-American actor
• Leslie O'Neal (born 1964), American football player
• Leslie Phillips, British actor
• Leslie Stephen, English author and critic
• Leslie Valiant, British computer scientist
• Leslie Miller (disambiguation)

Surname

The following people bear the surname of Leslie:

• Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross (died 1402)
• Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (c.1580-1661)
• Andrew Leslie (born 1957), Chief of the Land Staff and Commander Land Forces Command of the Canadian Forces
• 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 (1650–1722), British Jacobite nonjuror and controversialist
• 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
• 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
• Henry David Leslie (1822–1896), English composer and conductor
• Joan Leslie (born 1925), 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
• 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
• 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)
• Ryan Leslie (born 1978), American record producer and singer
• Shane Leslie, Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet (1885–1971)
• Stefan Leslie (born 1987), Canadian soccer player
• Steven Leslie (born 1987), Scottish footballer
• Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie (1827–82), Irish economist
• Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross (died 1382)
• Walter Leslie (1607-1667), Imperial Field Marshal

People in fiction

• Leslie Burke, one of the protagonists 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

See also

• Lesley (disambiguation)
• Leslie Controls, Inc.