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♀ Reilly (girl)
What does Reilly mean?
Reilly 
▼ as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Reilly) has the meaning "courageous". Reilly is an alternate spelling of Riley (Irish, Gaelic): variation of O'Reilly.
Variations
VARIANTS Ryley, Rylee▲, Rileigh▼, Rilee, Reilley
MASCULINE FORM Riley
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Reilly Serenity (R.S.), ..
How popular is Reilly?
Reilly is an uncommon given name for females but a very popular surname for all people (#780 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Reilly was first listed in 1994 and reached its highest position of #623 in the U.S. in 1998, but is not in the Top 1000 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Rilee, Rileigh, Riley (#28 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Rylee (#102) and Ryley are the prominent related forms of Reilly rated in the Top 2000. These forms of Reilly were popular with parents 2 years ago (MEDIAN #1248) and have remained as popular to this day (#1355, DOWN 10%). Riley is the firm favorite, although Rylee appears to be gaining popularity too, while forms like Reilly are now somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Reilly▼ is alike in pronunciation to Raella, Railey, Raley, Rawley, Rella and Rilla▼. Other recommended sound-alike names are Ally▼, Bailly, Baily, Billy▼, Brily, Cally, Cecely, Cilly, Colly, Delly, Dolly▼, Eily, Elly, Emilly, Fernly, Gilly, Haily▼, Hally, Hilly, Jilly, Jully, Kally, Kealy, Keely▼, Keighly, Kelly▼, Keyely, Laily, Lally, Lilly, Lolly, Mally, Melly, Milly, Molly, Neilla, Neille, Nelly, Neroly (see Nerola), Philly, Rainey, Reid, Reida, Reiko, Reina▲, Reinella, Remy▲, Renay, Renell, Renelle, Reney, Renilde, Rexalla, Rexella, Rey, Reyney, Ricky, Rikky, Rivy, Rozely (see Rosalie), Sally▼, Sessilly, Sicilly, Teill, Teille, Tilly, Vally, Verly and Willy. These names tend to be more commonly used than Reilly.
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