Coley
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.
Coley by the numbers
Coley was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Coley
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 Coley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Conleyhero warrior; from Conley103 in the US (2017)
- Caleystrife or battle; a form of Caolán12 in the US (2017)
- Corleyraven wood or wood by the pool8 in the US (2017)
- Caseyvigilant or watchful267 in England and Wales (2025)
- Collyndescendant of colla; a form of Collin26 in the US (2017)
- Crosleycross meadow; place name surname22 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Coley
Names that are said the same way as Coley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Koley5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Coley
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