Radley

Radley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“red meadow”
Origin
Old English
Say it
RAD-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (92% of all uses)

From an English surname and place name derived from Old English elements meaning 'red' and 'woodland clearing, meadow'. Its use as a first name is transferred from the surname.

How popular is Radley?

202436.0 per million US babies
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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 Radley in 2024118

2024 rank#1,581 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,632

Radley is rising: use over the last five years is 1.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Radley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Wesleywestern meadow · Old English
  • Westonwestern settlement · Old English
  • Blakeblack; pale · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • Edwardwealthy guardian · Old English
  • Ashtonash tree town · Old English
  • Kingstonking's town · Old English
  • Brandonbroom-covered hill · Old English

Radley questions

What does the name Radley mean?

Radley means "red meadow". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place name derived from Old English elements meaning 'red' and 'woodland clearing, meadow'. Its use as a first name is transferred from the surname.

Is Radley a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Radley?

118 US babies were named Radley in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Radley?

Radley is usually pronounced RAD-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.