Huntley

Huntley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “hunter's meadow”
Origin: Old English
Say it: HUNT-lee · 2 syllables
Used for: Both (41% girls, 59% boys since 1880)

Huntley is from an English surname and place name, from Old English elements meaning 'hunter' and 'woodland clearing or meadow'. It follows the pattern of transferred surname given names.

English names Names meaning nature Surname-style names

How popular is Huntley?

202460.0 per million US babies

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.

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Babies named Huntley in 2024200

2024 rank#1,941 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,690

Huntley is rising: use over the last five years is 3.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Huntley

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

Huntley questions

What does the name Huntley mean?

Huntley means "hunter's meadow". It comes from Old English. Huntley is from an English surname and place name, from Old English elements meaning 'hunter' and 'woodland clearing or meadow'. It follows the pattern of transferred surname given names.

Is Huntley a boy or girl name?

Huntley is used for both: about 41% of US babies named Huntley since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Huntley?

200 US babies were named Huntley in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Huntley?

Huntley is usually pronounced HUNT-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.