Brawley

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning meadow where grass is mown.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brawley by the numbers

Brawley was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Bradleybroad meadow or clearing1,686 in the US (2017)
  • Braxley4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Braley13 in the US (2017)
  • Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
  • Brantleyfire brand; a form of Brant2,347 in the US (2017)
  • Bradleebroad clearing; a form of Bradley78 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a meadow or field

Like Brawley, 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)
  • Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 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)

Names about as common as Brawley

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