Names That Mean Meadow

Bentleigh

This name will tick a lot of boxes for many parents: unisex; trendy sound; pretty instinctive to pronounce; and some great namesakes including British chef Ainsley Harriott and American footballer Ainsley Battles. 

Ainsley

An emerging unisex surname name. Radley is more common for boys — it could be seen as an updated version of Bradley — but for girls, it's a rare alternative to Hadley and Adley. Radley is also a literary name via To Kill a Mockingbird, the surname of mysterious recluse Boo Radley.

Radley

Heartly

Leeanne is one of those names with a dizzying number of variations. This one feels like it's got at least one extra vowel.

Leeanne

Wrenley, Wrenleigh, and Wrenlee all appeared in the US Top 1000 in 2024, while Wrenlie, Wrenly, and Renley also saw a rise. This concise, stripped back form with its trendy -i ending more than quadrupled in use in the same year, when it was given to 23 girls compared to just 5 the year before. 

Renli

This French surname — stemming from Dupré, meaning "from the meadow" — was given to 20 baby boys as first name in 2022.

Dupree

One of the old-school nicknames -- think Ray, Vince, Frank -- that's on the brink of coming back into style.  Name him Stanislav or Constantine and he'll have a groovier long form to fall back on.

Stan

Modern combination of two popular sounds, but the name itself is very rare.

 The meaning of Mary is uncertain, but theories include "drop of the sea" (from Hebrew roots mar "drop" and yam "sea"); "bitter" (from Hebrew marah "bitterness"); and "beloved" (from the Egyptian root mr).

Marily

The meaning of Mary is uncertain, but theories include "drop of the sea" (from Hebrew roots mar "drop" and yam "sea"); "bitter" (from Hebrew marah "bitterness"); and "beloved" (from the Egyptian root mr).

 The -lee ending is trending right now, but Marylee has almost disappeared from the baby name charts.

Marylee

It's easy to love a name that rhymes with "cuddly" and is also attached to the surname Do-Right -- once you ignore the "dud" connection. 
 Dudley has aristocratic roots--the name was originally famous via a sixteenth century noble British family, one member of which, Robert Dudley, came close to marrying Queen Elizabeth I.
 Dudley was the name of the angel played by Cary Grant in "The Bishop's Wife," later remade with Denzel Washington in the role, while Dudley Dursley is a Harry Potter character. The name's most well known bearer in modern times was comic actor Dudley Moore.

Dudley

An English surname originally denoting someone living near a farmstead in the forest. Makes a sweet and unusual addition to the -ley name family.

Winley

Lauralee might be an Anglicization of Lorelei or a compound of Laura and Lee, which makes it a botanical choice.

Lauralee

This surname-style name may appeal to those who like the nickname Huck but find the literary long form Huckleberry too much for real-life usage. 
 
While the exact etymology of Huckley is uncertain, it could derive from the aforementioned Huckleberry, the name of both a fruit and the bush from which it grows. Alternatively, it could come from the surname Hookley, likely meaning "bend in the meadow" or from the surname Huxley meaning "inhospitable place".
 
Another possibility is that it comes from the given name Hugh, combined with the Old English element leah, giving it the meaning "Hugh's meadow". More poetically, it could be interpreted as "meadow in this mind" or "the mind's meadow" if Hugh's meaning is taken into account, adding a touch of whimsy to a rugged sounding choice.
 
Huckley was given to 5 boys in a recent year, making it a rare choice with familiar sounds.

Huckley

Often seen as a part of Arabic place names, such as Rawda Island in Cairo and Al-Rawda Square in Damascus.

Rawda

Timberly emerged on the charts in 1960 as an alternative to Kimberly. It never caught on and has been given to no more than 25 baby girls each year since. These days it may also be seen as an elaboration of Timber, an up-and-coming gender-neutral nature name.
 
If you happen to be looking for a way to honor both a Kim and a Tim at once, Timberly could be the answer.

Timberly

Along with Brenley, a rising surname-style name for girls.

Brennley

Brynly

An English surname used mononymously by the American singer-songwriter and record producer Breland (born Daniel Gerard Breland), who could certainly boost his cool name into the limelight.

 Also spelled Breeland, it is related to the German surname Breler or Brehler, referring to someone who lived by farmland or wet pasture.

Breland

A contemporary sounding choice, in the style of Mackenzie and Mckinley, Mckaylee can be viewed as a variation of Mckayla, itself a feminine form of Michael, or as a compound name, blending aforementioned Mckayla with Kaylee or Lee. 
 
Dancer Mckaylee True is a notable bearer, while other spelling variations could be Mackaylee, Mckayleigh, Mckayley, and Mckaleigh.