Hartley

Hartley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “stag meadow”
Origin: Old English
Say it: HART-lee · 2 syllables
Used for: Both (57% girls, 43% boys since 1880)

Hartley comes from an English surname and place name, from Old English heorot 'hart, stag' and leah 'woodland clearing, meadow'.

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How popular is Hartley?

202453.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Hartley in 2024175

2024 rank#1,479 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,652

Hartley has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Hartley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
PeytonPæga's town · Old English
Suttonsouth settlement · Old English
Harleyhare meadow · Old English
Leightonsettlement by a meadow · Old English
Kingsleyking's meadow · Old English
Berkleybirch wood clearing · Old English
Ripleystrip of clearing in the woods · Old English

Hartley questions

What does the name Hartley mean?

Hartley means "stag meadow". It comes from Old English. Hartley comes from an English surname and place name, from Old English heorot 'hart, stag' and leah 'woodland clearing, meadow'.

Is Hartley a boy or girl name?

Hartley is used for both: about 57% of US babies named Hartley since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Hartley?

175 US babies were named Hartley in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Hartley?

Hartley is usually pronounced HART-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.