# Lesley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lesley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,925 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,891 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,554 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (2,877 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Leslie |

## Etymology

From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lesley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Similar surnames

Leslie, Lasley, Lisle, Lashley, Lasalle, Loiselle, Lockley, Lasala, Laswell, Laszlo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.