Brexley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 71 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
71
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brexley by the numbers

Brexley was given to 71 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 Brexley

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 Brexley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bexleybeekeeper's clearing or meadow325 in the US (2017)
  • Brenley71 in the US (2017)
  • Brexlee30 in the US (2017)
  • Brixley12 in the US (2017)
  • Brynleyhill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix217 in the US (2017)
  • Brenleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English -lee suffix45 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brexley

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

Names about as common as Brexley

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