Heath woodland clearing, through the Hadley place-name route.
The exact Hadlee entry links Hadley, whose etymology supplies the Old English heath and clearing elements. No pronunciation is copied between spellings. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Hadley&oldid=92415113.
Origin
Old English-linked Hadley surname transfer
The entry identifies a Hadley variant and records feminine given-name transfer from a habitational surname. No literal place-name meaning is inferred.
English pronunciation
Not yet published for this spelling.
Published name usage
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Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
Place
Year
Recorded usage
Published births
Rank
Notes
Canada
2025
Girls
8 · preliminary
2475
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales
2024
Boys
3
5119
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States
2025
Girls
281
928
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
United States
2020
Boys
7
9554
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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Meaning: Heath woodland clearing, through the Hadley place-name route.
Checked against cited source
The exact Hadlee entry links Hadley, whose etymology supplies the Old English heath and clearing elements. No pronunciation is copied between spellings. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Hadley&oldid=92415113. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Origin: Old English-linked Hadley surname transfer
Checked against cited source
The entry identifies a Hadley variant and records feminine given-name transfer from a habitational surname. No literal place-name meaning is inferred.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Spelling variant: Hadley
Checked against cited source
Relationship explicitly recorded in the reviewed given-name section; spellings remain separate in popularity statistics.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.