Bentley Forename

107,331st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 4,182 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Bentley Forename Definition:

A Anglo-saxon name, meaning: [Dweller at the] winding meadow.

Bentley Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
89%
 
2,6061:139,1165,592
Jamaica-3561:8,0991,010
Canada
100%
2781:119,1855,647
Barbados-1971:1,471345
South Africa
100%
1481:368,46419,472
England
100%
1371:405,8619,309
Nigeria
84%
 
761:2,336,37344,538
Australia-361:379,3786,878
Solomon Islands
100%
271:21,5171,702
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
Zimbabwe
50%
 
181:856,87931,986
Zambia-181:880,82215,021
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
171:80,0836,047
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
171:6,5641,053
Thailand
84%
 
161:4,379,11386,691
Turks and Caicos Islands-121:2,892588
Papua New Guinea
100%
121:679,36049,627
Brazil-121:17,853,013181,068
Russia
100%
121:12,019,47542,911
Philippines
100%
121:8,834,123129,598
Singapore-101:628,70512,270
Malawi
100%
91:1,901,3689,999
Ghana
100%
91:2,998,4685,965
Cayman Islands-81:7,6621,302
Guyana-81:95,4087,334
Malaysia
100%
71:4,349,991105,289
China-71:195,150,82673,144
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Saint Kitts and Nevis-61:9,1441,176
Saint Lucia
100%
51:35,5633,018
Scotland
100%
51:1,070,07310,235
United States Virgin Islands-51:21,9492,239
Bahamas-51:79,8741,458
South Korea
100%
51:1,108,88418,705
Wales
100%
41:773,5778,486
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Kenya-41:11,576,77840,588
Israel
100%
41:2,100,73020,870
India
100%
41:303,719,4932,628,057
Dominica-41:18,868592
Hong Kong-31:2,584,24211,307
Mauritius-21:648,8928,630
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Ireland-21:2,321,7608,894
Haiti-21:5,363,47632,317
Belize-21:177,1545,935
Grenada
100%
21:54,0623,078
Germany
93%
 
21:48,338,93872,742
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
Sweden
100%
21:4,928,95452,965
Switzerland
100%
21:4,106,74825,883
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Turkmenistan
100%
11:5,472,8703,925
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Italy
92%
 
11:61,062,09083,289
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159

Bentley (93,188) may also be a surname.

Bentley Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Anglo-saxon name, meaning: [Dweller at the] winding meadow.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Bentley Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Benthley933/
Bentleys933/
Bientley931/
Benttley931/
Bently92664/
Bentle927/
Ventley8625/
Bentlee8612/
Wentley869/
Benthly869/
Bentler863/
Bentlay862/
Benntly861/
Bentliy861/
Bentlie861/
Bentlet861/
Bentlei861/
Bentille803/
Bentlays801/
Wenthley801/
Bentelly801/
Bentli7735/
Bintle7721/
Wently776/
Ventle773/
Vently773/
Bentla772/
Bentuelle751/
Benatyele751/
Bentielly751/
Wintley7114/
Wenthly713/
Wentlee711/
Vintley711/
Bentilla6762/
Bintelle674/
Ventelly672/
Ventless671/
Bintilly671/
Bentlhaj671/
Bentelli671/
Bentella671/

Bentley Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bentley in the Russian language
Бентлейbentlej-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bentley