Boy · Old English
Bentley
Say it: BENT-lee
Meaning
From an English surname taken from place names, from Old English beonet 'bent grass' and leah 'clearing'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose in the US from the 2000s, helped by the luxury car brand.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2010s
In the United States
- 52,634 babies given this name since 1890
- At its height in 2012, about 1 in 322 boys
- 2,670 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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