Brailey

A girls’ name of English origin, meaning hillside clearing; a variant of Brayley or Bailey.

Babies a year
44
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brailey by the numbers

Brailey was given to 44 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 78 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Bailey

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

  • Bayleebailiff or steward; modern respelling of Bailey585 in the US (2017)
  • Bayleighbailiff; a modern spelling variant of Bailey193 in the US (2017)
  • Baileighbailiff; variant spelling of Bailey86 in the US (2017)
  • Bayleybailiff, steward; spelling variant of Bailey75 in the US (2017)
  • BaylaGod is my oath; a form of Bella or Bailey41 in the US (2017)
  • Baileibailiff; a form of Bailey20 in the US (2017)
  • Bailybailiff, steward; a form of Bailey16 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brailey. 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)
  • Brayleyhillside clearing; a form of Bray20 in the US (2017)
  • Briley225 in the US (2017)
  • Brailee35 in the US (2017)
  • Braley13 in the US (2017)
  • Baileebailiff, officer of law; a form of Bailey518 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brailey

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

Other names that mean a meadow or field

Like Brailey, 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)
  • 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)
  • Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brailey

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