Given name & surname
Crosley
“from the meadow near the cross”
Crosley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the meadow near the cross.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the meadow near the cross.”
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 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Crosley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 250
- 142 boys · 108 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,083 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,083 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,804 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.
Crosley’s family of names
Crosley has a related form in Croslea. Crosley has a related form in Crosleah. Crosley has a related form in Croslee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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