Payslie

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Payslie by the numbers

Payslie was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Payslie

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 Payslie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Paislie29 in the US (2017)
  • Payslee29 in the US (2017)
  • Paisleechurch; the swirled pattern; a modern spelling of Paisley1,041 in the US (2017)
  • Presliepriest's meadow; a variant spelling of Presley53 in the US (2017)
  • Patsienoble; a diminutive of Patricia4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Payzlee18 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Payslie

Names that are said the same way as Payslie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Paislychurch in the clearing; modern spelling variant5 in the US (2017)
  • Paisli13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Payslie

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