Origin: | From Old English words for bent and wood, clearing, meadow | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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Name info: About the name Bentley in particular | Gender: | male |
Languages of use: | English |
US 2017 rank: | #102 ... 100:Jameson, 101:Kevin, 102:Bentley, 103:Zachary, 104:Everett ... Full US 2017 list |
Similarly written: | Bentley, Bentlee, Bently, Brentley, Bente, Benthe, Bexley, Brantley, Ensley, Henley Details |
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Group info: About Bentley/Bentley, the group of names with the same origin as Bentley | Language of origin: | Old English |
Info about origin, male: | from a family name itself deriving from a place name with the meaning meadow with bent grass |
Words: | beonet = bent Old English |
| leah = the wood (in the sense of forest), the clearing (open place within a wood), the meadow Old English |
Topics: | Family name, Geographic name |
Variants' top ranks: | 56:Bentley Canada/BC 2012, 576:Bently USA 2011, 580:Bentlee USA 2012, 904:Bentley USA 2011 |
Name variants: | Bentley, Bentlee, Bentley, Bently Sortable list Details |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Bentley | Series | Graph | Rankings |
Canada/British Columbia | Graph | 2013 66, 2012 56, 2011 100 |
USA yearly | Graph | 2017 102, 2016 100, 2015 93, 2014 89, 2013 81, 2012 75, 2011 75, 2010 101, 2009 515, 2008 939, 2007 995 |
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