Entry № 4218 · English origin

Henley Henley — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HEN-lee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"High meadow (Henley-on-Thames + Don Henley, Eagles)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "high meadow (henley-on-thames + don henley, eagles)".

Henley is from the Old English hēah-lēah (high meadow). The name has surged in modern American naming as part of the broader Anglo-place-name aesthetic.

and American rock music.

High meadow (Henley-on-Thames + Don Henley, Eagles) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Henley
Transliteration
Henley
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɛn.li /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Henley stands.

Henley does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Henleys before her.

Real people
Don Henley
Eagles 6x Grammy winner.
born 1947
In fiction
Henley Royal Regatta
English rowing event.
1839

Names connected to Henley.

The number behind Henley.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Henley reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.