Names Ending in -ly for Girls

  1. Wally
    • Adrielly
      • Origin:

        Feminization of Adriel, Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "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 name
        • Description:

          A word that's been used, very infrequently, as a name for hundreds of years. Interesting sound and meaning.
      • Kally
        • Samoset
          • Origin:

            Algonquin
          • Meaning:

            "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 Lee
            • Meaning:

              "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, English
            • Meaning:

              "dweller near the ash tree meadow"
            • Description:

              Ashley lost some of her substance.
          • Marily
            • Origin:

              English combination of Mary and Lee
            • Meaning:

              "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 Amabel
              • Meaning:

                "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 Quetzalli
              • Meaning:

                "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 Leslie
              • Description:

                Overly-streamlined Leslie variation holding on at the bottom of the Top 1000.
            • Barely
              • Nathaly
                • Origin:

                  Spelling variation of Natalie/Nathalie
                • Description:

                  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