Hensley
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 180 babies a year in the US.
Hensley by the numbers
Hensley was given to 180 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Hensley
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 Hensley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Hensley
Names that are said the same way as Hensley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Hensleighhigh wood belonging to a person named Hens5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hensley
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