Waverly: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “meadow of quivering aspens”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- WAY-ver-lee · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Both (69% girls, 31% boys since 1880)
From an English surname and place name, from Old English elements referring to quaking aspens and a meadow. It later came into occasional use as a given name.
How popular is Waverly?
Babies named Waverly in 2024294
2024 rank#915 girls
Peak year2021
Total US babies since 18806,296
Waverly is rising: use over the last five years is 4.1× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Waverly
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Waverly questions
What does the name Waverly mean?
Waverly means "meadow of quivering aspens". It comes from English. From an English surname and place name, from Old English elements referring to quaking aspens and a meadow. It later came into occasional use as a given name.
Is Waverly a boy or girl name?
Waverly is used for both: about 69% of US babies named Waverly since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Waverly?
294 US babies were named Waverly in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.
How do you pronounce Waverly?
Waverly is usually pronounced WAY-ver-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.