Les

Gender：
Pronounced： [ LES, LEZ ]
Popularity：
Usage：English

Meaning & History：

Short form of LESLIE or LESTER.

LESLIE female & male English

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.

LESTER male English

From a surname which was derived from the name of the city of Leicester, originally denoting a person who was from that place. The city's name is derived from the river name Ligore combined with Latin castra "camp".

Names related to Les：

FULL FORMS

ENGLISH: Lester

FEMININE FORMS

ENGLISH: Lesleigh, Lesley, Leslie, Lesly, Lessie