Renley

Renley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“raven clearing”
Origin
English
Say it
REN-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (78% girls, 22% boys since 1880)

Likely from an English surname or place-name pattern using Old English elements, often analyzed as 'raven' plus 'clearing/meadow'. In current use it is largely a modern given name.

How popular is Renley?

202470.0 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 Renley in 2024232

2024 rank#1,170 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,306

Renley is rising: use over the last five years is 18.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Renley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English
  • Remingtonsettlement by the streambank · English

Renley questions

What does the name Renley mean?

Renley means "raven clearing". It comes from English. Likely from an English surname or place-name pattern using Old English elements, often analyzed as 'raven' plus 'clearing/meadow'. In current use it is largely a modern given name.

Is Renley a boy or girl name?

Renley is used for both: about 78% of US babies named Renley since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Renley?

232 US babies were named Renley in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Renley?

Renley is usually pronounced REN-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.