Bently
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning bent grass meadow; a form of Bentley.
Bently by the numbers
Bently was given to 89 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 435 babies in 2011, so it is a 2010s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Bentley
Like Bently, 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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bently. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Brentlymeadow of bent grass; a modern respelling of Bently or Bentley54 in the US (2017)
- Bentleemeadow of bent grass; a modern respelling of Bentley315 in the US (2017)
- Brentleyburnt meadow; a modern respelling of Brantley289 in the US (2017)
- Bentonbent grass settlement or town230 in the US (2017)
- Bennyson of the right hand; diminutive of Benjamin69 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Bently
Names that are said the same way as Bently, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Bentlie22 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Bently, 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 Bently
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