Names Ending in -ly for Girls
- Wally
- Adrielly
Origin:
Feminization of Adriel, HebrewMeaning:
"God is my master"Description:
Portuguese influencer Adrielly Lima brought her previously one-of-a-kind name into the spotlight. It debuted in 2021 when 17 sets of parents named their daughters Adrielly.
- Vally
- Early
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
A word that's been used, very infrequently, as a name for hundreds of years. Interesting sound and meaning.
- Kally
- Samoset
Origin:
AlgonquinMeaning:
"he who walks over much"Description:
The name of an Abenaki chief who was the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- Delly
- Merrily
Origin:
English word name or combination of Mary and LeeMeaning:
"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved + meadow"Description:
Slightly sing-song and very joyful, with a hint of Melody, a bit of Felicity, and a dash of Truly thrown in, Merrily was briefly popular in the 1940s.
- Ashly
Origin:
Variation of Ashley, EnglishMeaning:
"dweller near the ash tree meadow"Description:
Ashley lost some of her substance.
- Marily
Origin:
English combination of Mary and LeeMeaning:
"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved + meadow"Description:
Modern combination of two popular sounds, but the name itself is very rare.
- Cicily
- Mabely
Origin:
Form of Latin AmabelMeaning:
"lovable"Description:
In the Middle Ages, Margaret became Margery, Cecilia became Cecily, and Amabel became Mabel ... and Mabely. Chaucer mentions the name briefly in The Canterbury Tales. It's rare - and maybe a shade too close to cosmetics company - Maybelline - but has some potential appeal for parents after something like Emily and Avery, but much less common.
- Ketzaly
Origin:
Nahuatl, Native American, variation of QuetzalliMeaning:
"feather, precious thing"Description:
This phonetic spelling of Quetzalli — a rare and lovely Nahuatl name, which literally means "quetzal feather" after the quetzal bird — was given to around the same number of baby girls as the original in 2022 (a few dozen).
- Lesly
Origin:
Variation of LeslieDescription:
Overly-streamlined Leslie variation holding on at the bottom of the Top 1000.
- Barely
- Nathaly
Origin:
Spelling variation of Natalie/NathalieDescription:
This variant of the more popular spellings swaps out the -ie ending for a y, though the result is a name that is more reminiscent of Italy than a girl's name. While it has ranked in the US Top 1000 since 2004, it sits a couple hundred spots behind Nathalie (Number 670), and it pales in comparison to the constant Natalie (Number 31).
- Thaily
- Cally
- Farrelly
- Ashely