Given name & surname
Audley
“from the old meadow”
Audley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the old meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the old meadow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Audley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 699
- 694 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 791 as a first name in 2020; 304 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Audley’s family of names
Audley has a related form in Aualeigh. Audley has a related form in Aualy. Audley has a related form in Audlea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Audley
- Audley HarrisonBritish boxerborn 1971
- Aud BrindleyAmerican basketball player (1923-1958)
- Queen Mother MooreAmerican Pan-African activist (1898–1997)
- Audley MillerCricket player of England. (1869-1959)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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