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Male or female ?
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margarete101 | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:13 |
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Can someone tell me if Lesley or Leslie is the male name ? |
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Right said Fred | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:17 |
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i think it is leslie. altough I might be wrong - looking on a census there seems to be a fairly even split. Sorry. Think you need to wait for someone with a Les in their family to come and sort it out. |
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margarete101 | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:18 |
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Thanks, I've been trying to find out for ages. |
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PinkDiana | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:18 |
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Leslie is the male version of the name to my knowledge!! But as I am typing this I am doubting myself!! :O) xx |
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Right said Fred | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:20 |
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trying to think of a famous lesley ( male or female)..................... on the ready steady cook website Lesley (F) is spelt -ley |
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SueinKent | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:21 |
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Leslie is the male version. Sue |
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KathleenBell | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:22 |
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Leslie is the male version. Kath. x |
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margarete101 | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:23 |
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I'm going for the ie - before I get completely confused ! Thank you all |
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John | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:24 |
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Leslie definitely male, and Lesley female. Leslie Crowther/Howard. Male. Lesley Ash/Judd. Female. John |
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margarete101 | Report | 14 Apr 2006 15:29 |
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Right , LESLIE ........now what was the surname ..........!!?? |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 14 Apr 2006 16:48 |
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Leslie is def the male version. Our daughter is Karen Lesley!! T..... |
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Researching: |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 14 Apr 2006 17:10 |
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Sorry to put the cat among the pigeons, but LESLIE is ''usually'' not ''always'' the men's version. I had a school-friend/classmate at a (definitely) all-girls school, called ''Leslie''. I should say that I've had endless trouble with that name ever since! Christine |
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Joe ex Bexleyheath | Report | 14 Apr 2006 17:30 |
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I get totally confused with Francis and Frances ..............duh ! |
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Alek | Report | 14 Apr 2006 17:49 |
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daughters boyfriend is Leslie! |
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Alek | Report | 14 Apr 2006 17:50 |
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Francis is the male version, went to a Catholic school and was a very popular name then for the boys |
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Sue in Somerset | Report | 14 Apr 2006 23:47 |
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My father, grandfather and great grandfather were Francis. My husband has an Aunt called Frances. I believe that Leslie is normally the male version in the UK but that spelling is often used for girls in the USA. As for the C or K in Catherine etc then it is a matter of taste. We have a daughter called Katharine. When choosing her name we looked at meanings and found it came from the Greek word Kathara so we decided we preferred the version that looked most like the original with a K and 2 a's. If you look in a book of names then you'll find more different ways of spelling Katharine than almost any girl's name. The way we chose is the way Katharine Hepburn was spelled. Sue |
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Unknown | Report | 15 Apr 2006 00:25 |
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I have various friends called Catherine Catharine Katherine Katharine and Kathryn not to mention all the Cathy/Kathy/Kate/Katie/Katy/Kateys!!!!!!! Leslie is a male version, though Humphrey Bogart's daughter was given this name, I think after Leslie Howard, but not sure. Frances is the female version. Then there are all those names that do for either sex - Kim/Beverley/Hilary/Vivian etc. nell |
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Sarah | Report | 16 Apr 2006 16:02 |
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Leslie is the male name Lesley is the female name |
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marie from stoke | Report | 16 Apr 2006 16:11 |
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Leslie is Male and Lesley is Female Marie |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 16 Apr 2006 16:25 |
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The current convention is that Francis is male & Frances is female - but people weren't always so strict in the past, one gathers. And there's no point in saying, absolutely, that Leslie is male & Lesley is female (and it may be offensive to some poeple if you do so) when there are people of the opposite gender carrying the unexpected spelling - all you can say is that one is more usual than the other. Christian is another name which has migrated. It was usually female and is now usually male. There was a thread on this topic a few weeks ago. That time it include Vivian/Vivien, Hilary, and so on. Christine |
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