Loxley
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning woodland clearing where locks grow.
Loxley by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Loxley. In the US, 113 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 best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Loxley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lesleyfrom the grey fort; a form of Leslie52 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Loxley
Names that are said the same way as Loxley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Locksleyfrom the meadow of locks or enclosures3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Loxley, 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)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 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)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Loxley, 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 Loxley
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