Barley
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning barley field; grain crop.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Barley by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Barley.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Barley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
- Barneyson of comfort; a form of Barnaby179 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bayleybailiff, steward; spelling variant of Bailey75 in the US (2017)
- Baxleybadger clearing; a surname used as a given name8 in the US (2017)
- Bradleybroad meadow or clearing1,686 in the US (2017)
- Bayleebailiff or steward; modern respelling of Bailey585 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Barley, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Barley
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