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♂ Burley
What does Burley mean?
Burley 
as a name for boys has its root in Old English, and the name Burley means "meadow with knotty-trunk trees". Burley is a variant form of Burleigh (Old English): place name.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, meadow, trees
Variations
VARIANTS Byrley, Byrleigh, Burlie
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Burley Marshall (B.M.), ..
How popular is Burley?
Burley is an uncommon first name for males but a very popular surname for both adults and children (#3725 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Burley was first listed in 1880-1889 and reached its peak rank of #685 in the U.S. then, but is not listed currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Burleigh is the only other prominent related form of Burley ranked in the Top 2000. Adoption of these relations of Burley was at its apex in the 1880s.
Similar Names
Burley is alike in pronunciation to Barlow, Birley, Birlie and Birly. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Arley, Audley, Bailey▼, Baley, Barcley, Barkley, Barney▼, Barrey, Bartley, Baxley, Bayley, Berkley, Berl, Berle, Birkey, Birkley, Birney, Bosley, Brawley, Briley, Brily (see Briley), Brylee, Bryley (see Briley), Bryly (see Briley), Buckey, Buckley, Buddey, Buhler, Burges, Burke, Burket, Burl▼, Burle, Burlin, Burne, Burnel (see Burnell), Burnet, Burney, Burrell, Burty, Busbey, Butler, Carley, Corley, Culley, Curley, Currey, Dudley▼, Dunley, Earley, Farley, Fursey, Harley▼, Hurlee, Hurley, Hurly, Huxley▲, Juley, Marley▲, Morley, Murfey (see Murphy), Murrey, Rutley, Sorley, Sulley, Tulley, Warley and Yarley. These names tend to be more frequently used than Burley.
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