Arlee
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning eagle wood; a form of Arley.
Arlee by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Arlee. In the US, 32 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 1922, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arlee. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Atleeat the meadow or clearing; a modern respelling of Attlee57 in the US (2017)
- Arlieeagle lake; a form of Harley or Arleigh44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arloeeagle lake; a form of Arlie4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arley84 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arlen44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alee11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arlee
Names that are said the same way as Arlee, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Arleigheagle wood; a form of Arley43 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Arlee, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Arlee, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Arlee
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