Julie vs Leslie - What's the difference?

julie | leslie |

As proper nouns the difference between julie and leslie

is that julie is popular in the latter half of the twentieth century while leslie is .

julie

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

. Popular in the latter half of the twentieth century.

* 1813 , Tracy , Poems by George Crabbe, Adolphus William Ward,The University Press 1907, page 455:

The first-born Child had every dawning Grace / And promis'd Beauty in her form and face. / "We'll call her Julie' if you please, my dear," / The Mother cry'd, "I doat on ' Julie Vere." / "What! no Remembrance of her Aunt! for Shame! / You doat indeed! be Barbara her name!"

* 1917 , Cousin Julia , D. Appleton and Company, page 3:

"I loathe the name of Julia. Julie , in the French way, is quite pretty, but Julia! - "

"Call her Cousin Julie then; I've no doubt she'll prefer it. She's nothing if not progressive, I believe."

* 2000 Jayne Anne Phillips: Mother Kind : page 156:

They were called Jim & Julie , professionally. It seemed such a waste to deal in fantasy, in illusion and pretend, and not christen one's endeavor more suggestively. Kate wondered if their real names were Letitia and Sylvester, or Cleopatra and Mandrake; perhaps they'd gone undercover with white-bread names in quest of posh children's parties and Yankee suitability.

leslie

English

Alternative forms

* Lesley

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

derived from the surname.

, of mostly American usage.

* 2010 (Kate Atkinson), Started Early, took My Dog , Doubleday, ISBN 9780385608022, page 19:

'Leslie' with an "ie",' she had to tell everyone in England because they spelt it with a 'y'. 'Really?' Dominic's mother said, as if ' Leslie herself was a spelling mistake.

Usage notes

* The male name was popular in the U.K. during the first half of the 20th century. * The female given name is usually spelled Lesley in the U.K.