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♀ Riley (girl)
What does Riley mean?
Riley 
▲ as a girls' name (also used less commonly as boys' name Riley) is pronounced RY-lee. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Riley is "courageous". Variant of O'Reilly. Lately adopted for girls and boys.
ASSOCIATED WITH irish
Variations
VARIANTS Reilley, Reilly▼, Rilee, Rileigh▼, Rylee▲, Ryley
SEE ALSO Briley
MASCULINE FORMS Briley, Reilly, Ryley
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Reley, ..
(male) Rilea, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Riley Lynlee (R.L.), ..
How popular is Riley?
Riley is an unusual first name for women but a very prominent surname for all people (#210 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Riley entered the list in 1980-1989 and reached its apex rank of #22 in the U.S. in 2016, and is at #28 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Riley (#28 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) are Rylee (#102), Briley (#1205), Reilly, Rilee, Rileigh and Ryley. These relations of Riley reached the apex of their popularity 2 years ago (AVERAGE #1211) and have remained as common to this day (#1333, ▼11%), but with forms such as Reilly going out of style. Riley is the continual favorite, although Rylee appears to be gaining popularity too.
Similar Names
Riley▲ is pronounced similarly to Raelee, Railey, Raley, Rawley, Rella, Rilla▼ and Rylie▲. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Adley▲, Ailey, Aimey, Aley, Alley, Arley, Bailey, Billey, Cailey▼, Caley, Coley, Eiley, Emiley, Hailey, Haley▼, Joley, Juley, Kailey▼, Kaley▼, Kiley▼, Kyley, Lilley, Rainey, Reney, Rey, Ricky, Rie, Riet, Rikky, Ripley▲, Rise, Rivy, Rosey, Roxey, Rubey, Sisley and Tilley. These names tend to be more commonly used than Riley.
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