Aleigh
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Aleigh by the numbers
Aleigh was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Aleigh
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aleigh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adleighnoble; a modern respelling of Adela124 in the US (2017)
- Arleigheagle wood; a form of Arley43 in the US (2017)
- Alleighbright clearing; a form of Ashley or Alley8 in the US (2017)
- Ayleighclearing with a stream; a form of Ashleigh6 in the US (2017)
- Aleigha170 in the US (2017)
- Atleigh20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Aleigh
Names that are said the same way as Aleigh, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Aleigh
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