Renly
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 87 babies a year in the US.
Renly by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Renly. In the US, 87 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.
What we can tell you about Renly
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 Renly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Reilycourageous; a form of Riley15 in the US (2017)
- Renley109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Renny11 in the US (2017)
- Randywolf shield; form of Randolph386 in the US (2017)
- Reillydescendant of Raghallaigh; valiant or brave139 in the US (2017)
- Remmyoarsman; diminutive of remington or remus80 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Renly
Names that are said the same way as Renly, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Wrenly22 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Renly
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