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Leicester - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Leicester

[ 2 syll. lei-ces-ter, le-icest-er ] The boy name Leicester is pronounced as LEHSTer KEY. Leicester is used mostly in English and its language of origin is Latin. The name Leicester means Ligora's fort. Derived from the words 'Ligora' ; 'caester' which means Roman fort. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name and the surname as a given name. See also the related form, the English Lester.

Leicester is an uncommon baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Leicester include the English name Lester and the name Luister.

KEY: Pronunciation for Leicester: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"


 
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