Name Bentley

Origin:

From Old English words for bent and wood, clearing, meadow

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About the name Bentley in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	#151 ... 149:Atlas, 150:Jude, 151:Bentley, 152:Carlos, 153:Ryker ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Bentley, Bentlee, Bently, Brentley, Bente, Benthe, Berkley, Bexley, Brantley, Ensley Details

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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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