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?
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.
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.