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Boy · English
Lester
Say it: LESS-ter
Meaning
From the surname, from the English city of Leicester.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A surname-name popular around 1900.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 131,510 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1915, about 1 in 288 boys
- 109 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.