Riley

Riley \ri-ley, ril-ey\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Riley can also be used as a boy name definition, though it is more popular for girls. It is pronounced as RIYLiy- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Riley: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"

What is the origin of Riley?

Riley has its origins in the Old English language and it is used largely in English. The meaning of Riley is 'rye field'. Derived from ryge which means 'rye' ; leah which means 'wood, clearing, meadow'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name and the surname as a given name. See baby name Riley for more info. The name Riley is used to a great extent; it has 37 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name comprise Raleigh meaning and origin, short names for Raley, name Reileigh origin, what does the name Reiley mean, name Reilley, what does the name Reily mean, baby name Rhiley, Rhylee name, Rhyley pronounciation, meaning of Rieley, baby name Rielly, Riely name popularity, Rilea name, meaning of Rileah, name Rilee origin, Rileigh meaning of name, nicknames for Rili, meaning of Rilie, name Rilley, name Rillie meaning, meaning of Rily, name Rilye origin, name Ryelana origin, short names for Ryely, name Ryesen meaning, what does the name Rylea mean, name Ryleigh, name Ryley origin, Rysen meaning of name, Ryson pronounciation, and Wrylie pronounciation. Other English forms comprise the spelling variants name Reilly origin, name Ryelee origin, Rylee meaning, Rylie name, and name Rylly origin. The Irish short names for Rilo is a form of Riley that is used in foreign languages. See also the related form, the name name Briley meaning. Riley is very popular as a baby girl name, and it can also be perceived as trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2010 with 0.284% of baby girls being named Riley. It was #40 in rank then. Among all girl names in its family, Riley was the most popular in 2010. Riley was used 86% more than the 2nd most popular name, Rylee name variations, in that year. Although Riley is used more commonly as a baby girl name today, there was a period prior to 2001 that it was more popular with boys. After 2002, increasingly the name became more popular with baby girls than with boys. In 2009, 55% more baby girls than boys were given the name Riley.

List of baby names that sound like Riley:

the name name Reilley, the English Reilly name variations, the name name Reily meaning, the name baby name Rielly, the name Riely pronounciation, the English Rylee meaning and origin, the English, French, and Italian Rachele definition, the name Raelee name variations, the name Raella meaning and origin, the German, Hungarian, and Polish name Rahel origin, the Slavic Rahil meaning and origin, the name Rajel name popularity, the name Raleigh name, the name Raley meaning of name, the name baby name Raula, the name Rayelle name popularity, the name Rayla definition, the name name Raylee, the name baby name Rayleigh, and the name Raylie pronounciation.

The baby name Riley fun facts:

The name Riley in reverse order is "Yelir".

The numerological value of the name Riley is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Riley?

Riley is in the top names in USA.