Ashley started it, and today there is a whole raft of stylish baby names that end with ley — if not literally those letters, then at least the sound. Most ley baby names are for girls but some work for boys too, such as Wesley and Oakley.
 
Along with Ashley and Wesley, other baby names ending in ley in the US Top 200 include Riley, Paisley, Bentley, Kinsley, Hailey, Hadley, Bailey, and Finley. Stylish, under-the-radar names ending with ley that we recommend include Eisley, Hartley, Keeley, and Langley.
 
The downside: The ley ending is so trendy that baby names that carry it can feel more popular than they are. There are also lots of names that end in lee, lie, lea, ly, and so on that produce the same trendy sound. The prime baby names that end in ley include the following.

Baby Names Ending in Ley

Lesley runs a distant second to more popular sister Leslie, used for about 30 baby girls in one recent year vs. Leslie's 400+. And interestingly, no baby boys were named Lesley though about 40 were named Leslie. Once one of the most widely-used <a href="https://nameberry.com/search/girls-names/l">girl names starting with L</a>, Lesley and Leslie now trail behind trendy L-starting girl names like Layla and Lily.

Lesley

Linley is one of the trendy new <a href="https://nameberry.com/girls-names">girls' names</a> created from two popular halves, Lin and Ley. All names Ley ending are popular right now, with Oakley, Bexley, and Riley picking up where Ashley left off. Nearly 100 baby girls were named Linley in one recent year, so it's closing in on the Top 1000.

Linley

An English place and surname with a fierce natural meaning. Loxley is a village and river name from Yorkshire, England, famous for being the purported birthplace of Robin Hood. Loxley Chase was an extensive historic forest bordering Sherwood Forest in the Middle Ages.

 Sharing sounds with cool names from Lily to Lux to Paisley, Loxley is a highly unusual option that packs a modern style punch.

Loxley

baby names ending in ley

Baby names for girls and boys ending in the letters ley, including Hadley, Finley, and Huxley (Page 4)