Machiavelli
A boys’ name of Italian origin, meaning nail field; surname of niccolò machiavelli the political theorist.
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
Machiavelli by the numbers
Machiavelli was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Machiavelli, 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)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Machiavelli
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