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Bly

What does Bly mean?

Bly Pronunciation of Bly as a boys' name is of Irish, Gaelic and Old Norse origin, and the meaning of Bly is "descendant of Blighe". Transferred use of the surname, an anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic name. Blighe is probably derived from Old Norse Blígr, meaning "to gaze". Also form of Bligh.

STARTS WITH Bl-

ASSOCIATED WITH irish, norse, surname, old

Variations

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Bly Coen (B.C.), ..

How popular is Bly?

Bly is an uncommonly occurring first name for men but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#6631 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Bly has yet to be recorded in the list thus far. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Bly name in U.S.

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

Similar Names

Bly is alike in pronunciation to Blais. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aly, Bay, Ely and Sly. Like Bly, these names are not commonly used.

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