Lesia
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Lesia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ukraine than in any other country, where it is the 89th most common given name.
- USUnited States1 in 112K(measured from records)
- UAUkraine≈1 in 571as Леся
- RURussia≈1 in 17Kas Леся
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lesia itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 145 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈77,000 named Леся, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Леся in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, BY Belarus and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lesia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Ukraine | #89 | ≈77,000 est. | ≈1 in 571 | — | Леся | 71 |
| CN China | — | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Леся | 2 |
| PL Poland | — | 8,532 | 1 in 4.5K | 8.5K | Lesia | 34 |
| RU Russia | #561 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 17K | #940 | Леся | 145 |
| US United States | — | 2,979 | 1 in 112K | 3K | Lesia | 88 |
| BY Belarus | #264 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Леся | 17 |
| SK Slovakia | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Lesia | 12 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lesya Ukrainkab. 1871UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian poet, writer and feminist (1871–1913)
- Lesia Dychkob. 1939UASoviet and Ukrainian composer, music educator, public figure
- Lesya Stepovychkab. 1952UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian poet and novelist
- Lesia Romanchukb. 1955UAUkrainian physician
- Lesia Liubarskab. 1964UAUkrainian writer
- Lesya Makhnob. 1981RUnot in their usual nameRussian volleyball player
- Lesya Nikityukb. 1987UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian TV presenter
- Lesya Kalytovskab. 1988UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian racing cyclist
- Lesia Tsurenkob. 1989UAUkrainian female tennis player
- Lesia Valadzenkavab. 1991BYBelarusian ice dancer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 42 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 8.5K | #206 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 8.5K | #206 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3K | #5,671 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1965 | 280 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1961 | 276 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1963 | 251 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1964 | 237 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1962 | 223 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1966 | 220 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1960 | 202 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 150 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1968 | 132 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Lesia?
- In the etymology graph, Ali, Alicia and Alice are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Alesia and Alisia.
- Is Lesia a male or female name?
- Lesia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Lesia have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 77 thousand people named Леся in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Lesia most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lesia is densest in Poland — about 1 in 4.5 thousand people — even though Ukraine holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Lesia?
- In Poland, the national register counted 8,532 people named Lesia in 2026, about 1 in 4.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Lesia compared with other names?
- In Ukraine, Lesia is the 89th most common given name of 85,149 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Lesia?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lesiaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lesia” — the 89th most common given name in Ukraine. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.