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Henley

Henley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“high meadow”
Origin
Old English
Say it
HEN-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (81% of all uses)

From an English surname and place name derived from Old English elements meaning high and clearing or meadow. Its use as a first name is surname-style.

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How popular is Henley?

2024107 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 Henley in 2024357

2024 rank#958 girls

Peak year2016

Total US babies since 18807,949

Henley is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Henley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Audreynoble strength · Old English
  • Ashleyash tree clearing · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • Hadleyheather field · Old English
  • Blakelydark wood or clearing · Old English
  • KimberlyCyneburg's meadow · Old English
  • Presleypriest's meadow · Old English
  • Marleypleasant wood · Old English

Henley questions

What does the name Henley mean?

Henley means "high meadow". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place name derived from Old English elements meaning high and clearing or meadow. Its use as a first name is surname-style.

Is Henley a boy or girl name?

Henley is mainly a girl's name in US records (81% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Henley?

357 US babies were named Henley in 2024. Its peak year was 2016.

How do you pronounce Henley?

Henley is usually pronounced HEN-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.