Given name
Arly
“from the meadow of the hare”·“an oath; a pledge”·“from the hare's meadow”
Arly is a variant of Arleigh. One English interpretation is “from the meadow of the hare.” Arly is a variant of Arlene. One Irish interpretation is “an oath; a pledge.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arly is a variant of Arleigh. One English interpretation is “from the meadow of the hare.” Arly is a variant of Arlene. One Irish interpretation is “an oath; a pledge.” Its derivation is not certain. Arly is a variant of Arley. One English interpretation is “from the hare's meadow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arly is a variant of Arleigh. An origin associated with Arleigh is English. Arly is a variant of Arlene. A possible origin is Irish, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 895
- 75 boys · 820 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 253 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #7,176 for girls · #8,978 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +45%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,176 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 246 in 2003. It also appeared in 8 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,015 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.
Arly’s family of names
Arly has a related form in Arlene. Arly has a related form in Arley. Arly has a related form in Arleigh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arly
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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