Given name & surname
Arli
“from the meadow of the hare”·“from the hare's meadow”
Arli is a variant of Arleigh. One English interpretation is “from the meadow of the hare.” Arli is a variant of Arley. One English interpretation is “from the hare's meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arli is a variant of Arleigh. One English interpretation is “from the meadow of the hare.” Arli is a variant of Arley. One English interpretation is “from the hare's meadow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arli is a variant of Arleigh. An origin associated with Arleigh is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 141
- 0 boys · 141 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,519 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,519 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 212 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arli’s family of names
Arli has a related form in Arley. Arli has a related form in Arleigh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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