Dashley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

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

Dashley by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Dashley

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

  • Dashly5 in the US (2017)
  • Daphneylaurel tree; a form of Daphne19 in the US (2017)
  • Daleyassembly; from the surname Ó Dálaigh11 in the US (2017)
  • Darleyfrom the dear or beloved clearing4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dailey9 in the US (2017)
  • Dashay5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dashley

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