Entry № 5866 · Sotho origin

Lesedi Lesedi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ leh-SEH-dee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sotho
Meaning
"Light (Southern African Bantu heritage)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sotho)

A name that means "light (southern african bantu heritage)".

Lesedi is from the Sesotho/Setswana lesedi (light). Lesedi La Rona — one of the largest gem-quality diamonds ever discovered (1,109 carats, found in 2015 at the Karowe Mine in Botswana); the name means "our light" in Setswana; sold at Sotheby's for $53 million in 2017 — making it one of the highest prices ever paid for an uncut diamond. Lesedi Khumalo — modern South African-American figure. Princess Lesedi — modern Southern African heritage naming.

Light (Southern African Bantu heritage) — a Sotho name.

The name in its native script.

Lesedi
Transliteration
Lesedi
Pronunciation
/ lɛˈsɛd.i /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lesedi stands.

Lesedi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lesedis before her.

Real people
Lesedi Manas
South African TV presenter.
born 1983
In fiction
Lesedi La Rona
Iconic 1,109-carat diamond.
2015

Names connected to Lesedi.

The number behind Lesedi.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lesedi reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.