Brendley
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Brendley by the numbers
Brendley was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Brendley
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brendley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brenley71 in the US (2017)
- Brennley56 in the US (2017)
- Brynleyhill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix217 in the US (2017)
- Brynnleyhill meadow; a modern respelling of Brynley61 in the US (2017)
- Brenleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English -lee suffix45 in the US (2017)
- Brinkleyburnt wood clearing42 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brendley
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