Hensleigh
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning high wood belonging to a person named Hens.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Hensleigh by the numbers
Hensleigh was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hensleigh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Henleighhigh meadow; variant spelling of henley30 in the US (2017)
- Huntleighhunter's clearing or meadow13 in the US (2017)
- Haisleigh7 in the US (2017)
- Hynleigh5 in the US (2017)
- Harleighhare meadow; variant spelling of Harley308 in the US (2017)
- Hadleighheather field; spelling variant of Hadley293 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Hensleigh
Names that are said the same way as Hensleigh, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Hensleigh, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Kimberlyfrom the wood of the royal forest1,823 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Sylviafrom the forest636 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hensleigh
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