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♀ Bayly (girl)
What does Bayly mean?
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.
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)
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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