Leslie

American  

[les-lee, lez-] / ˈlɛs li, ˈlɛz- /

Or Lesley

noun

1. a male or female given name.

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Example Sentences

Walt Disney also had a fascination with U.S. history, and wanted the public to be able to experience that history much like they would a ride or attraction based on one of his own movies, says Leslie Iwerks, a filmmaker whose latest documentary, “Disneyland Handcrafted,” tracks the creation of the park.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This was our most striking finding -- although all adults who reach the age of 80 without receiving a diagnosis of clinical dementia exhibit exceptional aging, our study suggests that the super-ager phenotype can be used to identify a particularly exceptional group of oldest-old adults with a reduced genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease," said Leslie Gaynor, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine.

From Science Daily

Culled from about 200 hours of mostly unseen footage, director Leslie Iwerks’ film takes viewers back to the near beginning, tracing the largely impossible creation of the park from a year before its opening.

From Los Angeles Times

It is currently unclear whether the actor left anything to his three children—Christopher, Elizabeth, and Leslie—whom he shared with his first wife, Faye Maltese.

From MarketWatch

Maybe it’s the result of her lifelong comedy background; maybe it’s some leftover dexterity from her years playing the pollyanna icon Leslie Knope on “Parks and Recreation.”

From Salon