A surname style name that may appeal to those who like Langston and Oakley but also L- heavy choices like Lila, Delilah, and Linley, Langley is a rare option with a nature-connected meaning. It first appeared in the US stats for girls in the 1990s, after actress Mariel Hemingway used it for one of her daughters and was given to nearly 40 girls in 2015 after Langley Fox (Hemingway) began to make her own mark on the fashion and modelling world.

A surname with a decidedly burley image.

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

Brenley: a compound of trendy syllables or Brinley variation? It's totally up to you. It was chosen by American Idol contestant Triston Harper and his wife Paris Reed for their daughter in 2025.

The -lee ending feminizes Bentley, although the really girly version is Bentleigh.

Undiscovered single-syllable surname option, a friendly alternative to Reed.

Variation of Hartley.

Sounds like an authentic upper-crust family name -- not necessarily a bad thing.

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

Huntley is among the most evenly-split gender-neutral names, while Huntleigh is virtually all girl. Huntleigh is actually more common than the original.

Marilee is one of the cheeriest – if least substantial – combinations of Mary with another name.

Variation of Hartley.

Derived from the Cherokee word ayuhwasi, referring to a savanna or meadow.

Variant of Marilee

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

Alternative spelling of Wesley, more commonly given to girls.

Variant of Marylee

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.

Variant of Brinley and Brynley