Bentley is a boy's name of English origin meaning “meadow, field.” In 2024 it was given to 1,776 boys in the United States.
Bentley belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “meadow, field” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Bentley first appears in Social Security records in 1890. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #75 in 2011, and in 2024 1,776 babies received the name — 58,336 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bentley means “meadow, field” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bentley is a boy name. In 2024, 1,776 babies received the name in the US.
Bentley comes from the English & American tradition.
Bentley first appears in US records in 1890. Its best-ever ranking was #75 in 2011, and 1,776 babies were given the name in 2024.
Bentley is pronounced /ˈbɛntliː/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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