Last name: LESLIE
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LESLIE : This last name is indexed 174,738 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
LESLIE : 1: Scottish: habitational name from a barony in Aberdeenshire which is first recorded c. 1180 in the form Lesslyn of obscure origin. Leslie in Fife is said to be named for this place; in some cases the surname may come from there.2: English: from the Middle English female personal name Lecelin a double diminutive of Lece. See Leece and Lesley.
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