First names in Hebrew

First name Leslie: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

לסלי

Gematria value: 130

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Leslie is written לסלי

Meaning and origin

What does Leslie mean?

Meaning: of disputed Scottish origin, from a place name
Origin: Scottish

Leslie comes from Scotland, where it was first a place name, then the name of a great clan. The meaning of the place name is disputed: it is sometimes explained by Gaelic words for a garden or a court of holly, but nothing is certain. Long a man's name, it has become mostly a woman's name in America.

Gematria

Leslie = 130

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. לסלי has 4 letters:

• לthe letter Lamed30
• סthe letter Samekh60
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• Total130

The verse of the name

From the letter Lamed to the letter Yod

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Leslie, from ל to י:

לוּלֵי תוֹרָתְךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָי אָז אָבַדְתִּי בְעׇנְיִי׃

“Had Your Torah not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.”

Psalms 119:92

The book of your first name

Leslie, in nine pages

• Leslie, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Leslie
• Leslie, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Leslie in three answers

How do you write Leslie in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Leslie is written לסלי.

What is the gematria value of Leslie?
Written לסלי, Leslie is worth 130: the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10).

What does Leslie mean?
Of disputed Scottish origin, from a place name (origin: Scottish). Leslie comes from Scotland, where it was first a place name, then the name of a great clan. The meaning of the place name is disputed: it is sometimes explained by Gaelic words for a garden or a court of holly, but nothing is certain. Long a man's name, it has become mostly a woman's name in America.