Hartley
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning hart meadow; deer clearing.
Hartley by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Hartley. In the US, 157 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 142 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hartley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Hartley
Names that are said the same way as Hartley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a deer
Like Hartley, each of these has a deer in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oscardeer lover; God's spear2,798 in England and Wales (2025)
- Devindescendant of Damhán; fawn-like1,132 in the US (2017)
- Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
- Tabithagazelle143 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raleighdeer meadow or clearing235 in the US (2017)
- Rayleighdeer meadow or clearing; a respelling of Raleigh187 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Hartley, 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)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hartley
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