Given name
Burlie
“from the meadow of knotted wood”
Burlie is a variant of Burleigh. One English interpretation is “from the meadow of knotted wood.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Burlie is a variant of Burleigh. One English interpretation is “from the meadow of knotted wood.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Burlie is a variant of Burleigh. An origin associated with Burleigh is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Burlie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 179
- 139 boys · 40 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 22 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 5 in 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1918.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Burlie’s family of names
Burlie has a related form in Burleigh.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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