Paysley
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Paysley by the numbers
Paysley was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Paysley
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 Paysley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Paisleychurch; the swirled pattern4,939 in the US (2017)
- Payslee29 in the US (2017)
- Presleypriest's meadow1,667 in the US (2017)
- Paisleechurch; the swirled pattern; a modern spelling of Paisley1,041 in the US (2017)
- Paizleychurch; the swirled pattern; a modern spelling variant of Paisley109 in the US (2017)
- Paisleichurch or tomb; form of Paisley16 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Paysley
Names that are said the same way as Paysley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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