Greenlee
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning green meadow or clearing.
Babies a year
35
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Greenlee by the numbers
Greenlee was given to 35 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 57 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Greenlee. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Greenleygreen clearing or meadow7 in the US (2017)
- Greenlygreen meadow; green clearing13 in the US (2017)
- Greenleighgreen meadow; from green and leah5 in the US (2017)
- Gracelee10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean green
Like Greenlee, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Khloegreen shoot or verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe2,143 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Emeraldthe green gemstone278 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Greenlee, 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)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Greenlee
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