Given name & surname
Greeley
“from the gray meadow”
Greeley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the gray meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the gray 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Greeley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 38 boys · 39 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 121 as a first name in 2020; 4,046 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.
Greeley’s family of names
Greeley has a related form in Greelea. Greeley has a related form in Greeleah. Greeley has a related form in Greelee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Greelyvariant
- Grealeyvariant · English
- Graleyvariant · English
- Greeleahvariant
- Greeleavariant
- Greeleevariant
- Greeleighvariant
- Greelievariant
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