Chesley

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning meadow by the camp; place name form.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Chesley by the numbers

Chesley was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 48 babies in 1923, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Charleyfree man; a form of Charles703 in the US (2017)
  • Chesterfortress, camp388 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Crosleycross meadow; place name surname22 in the US (2017)
  • Cheskelstrength of God20 in the US (2017)
  • Chrisley15 in the US (2017)
  • Chesky6 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Chesley

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

  • Chesleighmeadow by the fortress; a form of Chelsey10 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a meadow or field

Like Chesley, 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 Chesley

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