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Bayly (girl)

What does Bayly mean?

Bayly Pronunciation of Bayly as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Bayly) is of Old English derivation, and Bayly means "berry clearing; bailiff; city fortification". Bayly is a version of Bailey (Old English): occupational name.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ba-, -ly

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, berry (tree)

Variations

VARIANTS Baylie, Bayley, Bayleigh, Baylee, Bayla, Bali, Baleigh, Baily, Bailly, Baillie, Bailley, Bailie, Baileigh, Bailei, Bailee

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Bely, ..

(male) Baydo, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Bayly Zara (B.Z.), ..

How popular is Bayly?

Bayly is an unusual first name for females but a very prominent last name for all people (#31848 out of 150436, Top 21%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Bailey (#133 LAST YEAR), Baylee (#572), Bailee (#627), Bayleigh (#1318), Baileigh, Bailie, Baily, Baleigh, Bayley and Baylie are the popular varying forms of Bayly (NOT RANKED) ranked in the Top 2000. These relations of Bayly were favored as baby names in the year 1998 (USAGE OF 0.4%) and have become much less conventional since (USAGE 0.2%, 53.8% LESS), with the version Baylie becoming somewhat dated. Bailey is more ubiquitous than the rest, although Bailee appears to be gaining favor too. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Bailee, Baileigh, Bailey, Bailie, Baily in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Baleigh, Baylee, Bayleigh, Bayley, Baylie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Bailey outside U.S.

Similar Names

Bayly is alike in pronunciation to Baila, Bella, Beula, Beyla, Billa, Billey, Billi, Billy, Billye and Byla. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bamby, Barby, Barry, Bauby, Bay, Bradly, Brily, Bryley (see Briley), Bryly (see Briley), Cally, Carly, Daly, Hadly, Haely, Haily, Hally, Harly, Kally, Kaly, Karly, Laily, Lally, Mally, Pauly, Sally, Tally, Vally and Wally. These names tend to be more commonly used than Bayly.

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