Woodley
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning wood clearing or wood meadow.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Woodley by the numbers
Woodley was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 1923, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Woodley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Woodyfrom the wood; a form of Woodrow103 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Woodley, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Woodley, 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 Woodley
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