Bentley
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning meadow of bent grass.
How Bentley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #93 |
| 2016 | #100 |
| 2017 | #101 |
| 2018 | #121 |
| 2019 | #130 |
| 2020 | #142 |
| 2021 | #150 |
| 2022 | #172 |
| 2023 | #189 |
| 2024 | #201 |
| 2025 | #215 |
Bentley by the numbers
In 2025, 33 babies in England and Wales were named Bentley. In the US, 3,945 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 5,873 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Bentley
Forms of Bentley in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bentley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bentleemeadow of bent grass; a modern respelling of Bentley315 in the US (2017)
- Brentleyburnt meadow; a modern respelling of Brantley289 in the US (2017)
- Bentlybent grass meadow; a form of Bentley89 in the US (2017)
- Bentleibent grass meadow; a form of Bentley5 in the US (2017)
- Benzley5 in the US (2017)
- Brantleyfire brand; a form of Brant2,347 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Bentley, 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)
- 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)
- Camdenenclosed valley2,786 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bentley
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