Leicester - Meaning of Leicester
What does Leicester mean?
[ 2 syll. lei-ces-ter, le-icest-er ] The baby boy name Leicester is pronounced as LEHSTer †. Leicester is used mostly in English. Its language of origin is Latin and Old English. From Latin roots, its meaning is Ligora's fort. It is 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.
Leicester is a derivative of the English name Lester.
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Leicester is an uncommon baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Leicester include Lester, Lestir, Lestor, Lestur, Lector, Lektor, Lestar, Lestyr, Lictor, Liktor, Lister, Luster, Lyster, Lassater, Lasseter, Lassiter, Lassyter, and Luister.
† Pronunciation for Leicester: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"
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