From LatinHildesindi, later attested as Elsendi,[1] genitive of Hildesindus, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Hildesinþaz, from Proto-Germanic*hildiz(“fight”) and *sinþaz(“journey; companion”).[2]
“Lesende” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“Lesende” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.