Bailey - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Bailey \

, also used as boy's name Bailey, is pronounced BAY-lee. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "berry clearing; bailiff; city fortification". Occupational name. Initial popularity of Bailey was due to a character in the 1980s television series "WKRP in Cincinnati".

Bailey has 16 variant forms: Bailee, Bailei, Baileigh, Bailie, Bailley, Baillie, Bailly, Baily, Baleigh, Bali, Bayla, Baylee, Bayleigh, Bayley, Baylie and Bayly.

For more information, see also the related name Cayla.

Baby names that sound like Bailey are Baila, Billy, Bilee, Paisley and Billey.

Bailey is a very common first name for women (#1836 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#60 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl name Bailey. Compare Bailey with its variant forms and related girl names.

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