Bailey

Bailey \bai-ley, ba-il-ey\ is a female's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Bailey used as a nicknames for boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced BEY-Liy- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Bailey: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Bailey?

Bailey is of Old English origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Bailey means 'bailiff; berry wood'. Derived from baili 'bailiff' ; baiulus 'porter, messenger' ; beg 'berry' ; leah 'wood, clearing, meadow'. It represents the transferred use of the job title and the surname as a given name. See Bailey pronounciation for more info. Bailey has 26 forms. Forms of the name include nicknames for Baeli, name Bail meaning, Bailea meaning of name, Baileah name, name Bailei, short names for Baili, Bali meaning and origin, short names for Balley, Bayla name popularity, Bayle name variations, short names for Baylea, Bayleah pronounciation, name Bayleigh meaning, short names for Bayley, and baby name Bayli. Other English forms include the spelling variants short names for Bailee, what does the name Baileigh mean, name Bailie origin, what does the name Bailley mean, name Baillie origin, Bailly meaning of name, Baily name, Baleigh pronounciation, Baylee name variations, Baylie meaning, and baby name Bayly. Bailey is popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1980s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. At the modest peak of its usage in 1998, 0.268% of baby girls were named Bailey. It had a ranking of #60 then. The baby name has experienced a drop in frequency since then. In 2010, it ranked at #78 with a usage of 0.183%, however it was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Bailey was 4 times more widely used than the 2nd most popular name, Baylee name popularity, in 2010. Although Bailey is today more frequently used for baby girls, there was a period prior to 1937 when more boys were given the name. After 1983, increasingly the name became more popular with baby girls than with boys. There were 18 times more baby girls than boys who were named Bailey in 2009.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Bailey:

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The baby name Bailey fun facts:

The name Bailey in reverse order is "Yeliab".

The numerological value of the name Bailey is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Bailey?

Bailey is in the top names in USA.