Arlie

Arlie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hare meadow”
Origin
English
Say it
AR-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (27% girls, 73% boys since 1880)

Usually a variant of Arley, from an English place name and surname derived from Old English elements meaning 'hare' and 'woodland clearing or meadow'. It is also sometimes used as a short form of Arlene.

How popular is Arlie?

202424.0 per million US babies
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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.

Babies named Arlie in 202480

2024 rank#2,772 girls

Peak year1909

Total US babies since 18809,218

Arlie is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Arlie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Arleyhare clearing · Old English
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English

Arlie questions

What does the name Arlie mean?

Arlie means "hare meadow". It comes from English. Usually a variant of Arley, from an English place name and surname derived from Old English elements meaning 'hare' and 'woodland clearing or meadow'. It is also sometimes used as a short form of Arlene.

Is Arlie a boy or girl name?

Arlie is used for both: about 27% of US babies named Arlie since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Arlie?

80 US babies were named Arlie in 2024. Its peak year was 1909.

How do you pronounce Arlie?

Arlie 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.