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♀ Raleigh (girl)
What does Raleigh mean?
Raleigh 
as a girls' name (also used less widely as boys' name Raleigh) is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Raleigh is "roe deer's meadow". Place name. The -leigh ending, in the fashion of Ashley, makes this formerly masculine name suitable for girls.
STARTS WITH Ra-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, deer, meadow
Variations
VARIANTS Raileigh, Railey, Raley, Rawleigh, Rawley
RELATED FORM VIA ASHLEY Ashleigh▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Raleigh Xyla (R.X.), ..
How popular is Raleigh?
Raleigh is a rare first name for women but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#7999 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Raleigh was first listed in 2010 and reached its apex rank of #1387 in the U.S. in 2016, and is at #1476 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Raleigh (#1476 LAST YEAR) are Ashleigh and Ashley (#129). These forms of Raleigh were popular in 1991 (ADOPTION OF 2.41%) and have become much less widespread since (ADOPTION 0.14%, DOWN 94%), with forms like Ashley becoming less fashionable.
Similar Names
Raleigh is alike in pronunciation to Rileigh▼. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Analeigh▼, Ansleigh, Arleigh, Baileigh, Baleigh, Bayleigh, Bradleigh, Breigh, Bryleigh▲, Caileigh, Caleigh▼, Carleigh, Cayleigh, Ceileigh, Charleigh▲, Dafneigh, Darceigh, Darseigh, Deneigh, Emmaleigh, Hadleigh▲, Haileigh, Haleigh▼, Harleigh▲, Hayleigh▼, Hedleigh (see Hadley), Holleigh, Joleigh, Kaeleigh, Kaileigh, Kaleigh▼, Karleigh▲, Kayleigh, Kaylleigh, Kelbeigh (see Kelby), Kelleigh, Kelseigh, Kyleigh, Langleigh, Leigh▼, Lesleigh, Marleigh▲, Nataleigh, Nelseigh, Rabiah, Raenah, Raleine, Ranith, Rayleine (see Raina), Raziah, Selbeigh (see Selby) and Tereigh. These names tend to be more commonly used than Raleigh.
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