Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lesia is a variant of Licia. Licia has been associated with Latin and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Lesia is a diminutive of OLESYA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lesia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,180
- 0 boys · 3,180 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 280 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 280 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,979 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lesia’s family of names
In English usage, Lesia is a diminutive of OLESYA. Lesia has a related form in Licia. In English usage, Lesia has a related form in LESYA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lesia
- Lesia TsurenkoUkrainian female tennis playerborn 1989
- Lesia VasylenkoUkrainian politician (1987–)
- Lesia NikitiukUkrainian TV presenterborn 1987
- Lesia DychkoSoviet and Ukrainian composer, music educator, public figureborn 1939
- Lesya MakhnoRussian volleyball playerborn 1981
- Lesia L. Crumpton-YoungAmerican engineer and academic administrator
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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