Keighley
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning from the narrow clearing; place name.
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
Keighley by the numbers
Keighley was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keighley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Keighley
Names that are said the same way as Keighley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Keeleybeautiful; likely from O'Caolaidhe84 in the US (2017)
- Kelleybright-headed or descended from Ceallach; a form of Kelly38 in the US (2017)
- Keyleighclearing with keys; a form of Keeley10 in the US (2017)
- Kelleighbright-headed; a form of Kelly8 in the US (2017)
- Keylee29 in the US (2017)
- Keleigh15 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Keighley, 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 Keighley
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