Tesley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Tesley by the numbers

Tesley was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Tesley

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

  • Tenley374 in the US (2017)
  • Tensley27 in the US (2017)
  • Tinsleyfortification of a woman named Tynni328 in the US (2017)
  • Tilleytillage land; cultivated field15 in the US (2017)
  • Tellyfar-shining; a form of Telemachus or similar9 in the US (2017)
  • Tansleytann's clearing or meadow5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tesley

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