Globally, Les (Les 
, ليه 
, Лес 
, among others...) is a common dominantly male, but seldom feminine first name. The given name Les is characteristic of Australia, where it is quite a common male name, Canada, and Egypt, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Egypt, and Canada. Very seldom, Les is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Les | United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Poland, Canada |
| ليه | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Iraq |
| Лес | Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| 莱斯 | China |
| Лесь | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia |
| לס | Israel |
Coles, Es, Illas, Ille, Illos, L'S, Lace, Lais, Lease, Leis, Less, Lesse, Leś, Leš, Leș, Lii, Lios, Lis, Lles, Lès, Lés, Lê, Lês, Lës, Lëš, Löss, Lēs, Lės, Lęs, Nes, Peles, Poles, Toles, Zaef, Zijo, Zojo, Zuña, Ès, Ĺê, Ļê, Ľê, Łèš, Łê, Łěš, Λης, Лэс, Лэсь, Лёс, لايس, อเลซ,
Les is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Les Norton , the fictional character; Rory Gilmore , the fictional character from the television series Gilmore Girls; Les Nessman , the character on the television situation comedy WKRP in Cincinnati; Les trois somnambules , the puppet created by Richard Morin, The Star Keeper and Les poissons-accordéons , the puppet created by Richard Morin, The Star Keeper, and in many other works.
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les german American baseball player, US (b. 1869) |
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les rippon Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1875) |
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les poidevin Australian tennis player and cricketer (1876-1931), AU (b. 1876) |
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les millis Australian rules footballer (1881-1950), AU (b. 1881) |
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les hughes Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1884) |
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les abbott Australian rules footballer (1885-1947), AU (b. 1885) |
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les beck Australian rules footballer (1886-1961), AU (b. 1886) |
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les c. copeland American ragtime composer, US (b. 1887) |
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les armstrong Australian rules footballer (1887-1964), AU (b. 1887) |
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les backman American baseball player, US (b. 1888) |
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les nunamaker American baseball player, US (b. 1889) |
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les james Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1890) |
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les primrose Australian rules footballer (1890-1918), AU (b. 1890) |
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les huntington Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1892) |
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les oram Australian rules footballer, AU (b. 1893) |
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Sa, Cooper, Parker, Davies, Taylor, Thomas, Turner, Harris, Howard, Walker, Wilson, Wright, Roberts, Jackson, Johnson, Edwards, Mitchell, Anderson, Campbell, Peterson, Phillips, Robinson, Carter, Miller, Morris, Martin, Lee, Lie, King, Gray, Hall, Hill, Wood, Moore, Scott, Smith, Thompson, Allen, Clark, Baker, Brown, Davis, Green, Lewis, Jones, Evans, White, Young, Adams, and Williams