Bexley: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “box-tree clearing”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- BEKS-lee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (93% of all uses)
Transferred from an English place name and surname, from Old English elements referring to box trees and a woodland clearing. It is primarily a modern given name in current use.
How popular is Bexley?
Babies named Bexley in 2024231
2024 rank#1,128 girls
Peak year2021
Total US babies since 18803,209
Bexley is rising: use over the last five years is 9.3× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Bexley
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Bexley questions
What does the name Bexley mean?
Bexley means "box-tree clearing". It comes from English. Transferred from an English place name and surname, from Old English elements referring to box trees and a woodland clearing. It is primarily a modern given name in current use.
Is Bexley a boy or girl name?
Bexley is mainly a girl's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Bexley?
231 US babies were named Bexley in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.
How do you pronounce Bexley?
Bexley is usually pronounced BEKS-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.