Morley
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning moorland clearing or fen meadow.
Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies
Morley by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Morley.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1918, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Morley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mosleybog clearing; from moss and ley13 in the US (2017)
- Moxleyfrom moxley, a place name5 in the US (2017)
- Morgenmorning or sea-born; variant of Morgan12 in the US (2017)
- Medleymeadow of the mead or honey wine11 in the US (2017)
- Markeydedicated to mars; a form of Mark7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Morley, 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 Morley
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