Arley

Arley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “hare clearing”
Origin: Old English
Say it: AR-lee · 2 syllables
Used for: Boys (80% of all uses)

Originally an English surname and place-name from Old English elements for 'hare' and 'woodland clearing'. It is related to place-names such as Arley in England.

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How popular is Arley?

202432.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Arley in 2024106

2024 rank#2,053 boys

Peak year1885

Total US babies since 18804,420

Arley has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Arley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Arliehare meadow · English
Wesleywestern meadow · Old English
Westonwestern settlement · Old English
Blakeblack; pale · Old English
Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
Edwardwealthy guardian · Old English
Ashtonash tree town · Old English
Kingstonking's town · Old English

Arley questions

What does the name Arley mean?

Arley means "hare clearing". It comes from Old English. Originally an English surname and place-name from Old English elements for 'hare' and 'woodland clearing'. It is related to place-names such as Arley in England.

Is Arley a boy or girl name?

Arley is mainly a boy's name in US records (81% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Arley?

106 US babies were named Arley in 2024. Its peak year was 1885.

How do you pronounce Arley?

Arley is usually pronounced AR-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.