Lester is a boy's name of English origin meaning “exterior (part of a property.” In 2024 it was given to 109 boys in the United States.
Lester belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “exterior (part of a property” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Lester first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #52 in 1906, and in 2024 109 babies received the name — 130,579 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Lester means “exterior (part of a property” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Lester is a boy name. In 2024, 109 babies received the name in the US.
Lester comes from the English & American tradition.
Lester first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #52 in 1906, and 109 babies were given the name in 2024.
Lester is pronounced /ˈlɛstɚ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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