Bavly
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Bavly by the numbers
Bavly was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Bavly
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 Bavly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bailybailiff, steward; a form of Bailey16 in the US (2017)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
- Billyresolute protector; a form of william481 in England and Wales (2025)
- Barryfair-haired, spear; from Barra134 in the US (2017)
- Bayleybailiff, steward; spelling variant of Bailey75 in the US (2017)
- Bradlybroad meadow; spelling variant of Bradley35 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bavly
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