Bentlei

A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning bent grass meadow; a form of Bentley.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bentlei by the numbers

Bentlei was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Bentley

Like Bentlei, each of these traces back to Bentley: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Bentlybent grass meadow; a form of Bentley89 in the US (2017)
  • Brentlymeadow of bent grass; a modern respelling of Bently or Bentley54 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bentlei. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Bentlei

Names that are said the same way as Bentlei, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
  • Bentleemeadow of bent grass; a modern respelling of Bentley315 in the US (2017)
  • Bentleighbent grass clearing; a form of Bentley43 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a meadow or field

Like Bentlei, 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)
  • Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
  • Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
  • Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
  • Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
  • Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bentlei

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