Brentley

Brentley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“burnt clearing; meadow”
Origin
English
Say it
BRENT-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (93% of all uses)

Brentley is a modern surname-style elaboration of Brent or Bentley. Its sense is usually taken from Old English elements in English place names, though this exact form is recent.

How popular is Brentley?

202430.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Brentley in 2024101

2024 rank#1,778 boys

Peak year2014

Total US babies since 18804,460

Brentley is fading: recent use is about 57% of its level ten years before.

Names like Brentley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English
  • Masonstoneworker · English
  • Graysonson of the steward · English

Brentley questions

What does the name Brentley mean?

Brentley means "burnt clearing; meadow". It comes from English. Brentley is a modern surname-style elaboration of Brent or Bentley. Its sense is usually taken from Old English elements in English place names, though this exact form is recent.

Is Brentley a boy or girl name?

Brentley is mainly a boy's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Brentley?

101 US babies were named Brentley in 2024. Its peak year was 2014.

How do you pronounce Brentley?

Brentley is usually pronounced BRENT-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.