Given name & surname
Huxley
“from Hugh's meadow”
Huxley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from Hugh's meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from Hugh's 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 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Huxley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,230
- 4,734 boys · 496 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 572 babies
- 2025
- 393
- #736 for boys · #4,017 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 90% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 357 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 736 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 36 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (30). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,296 as a first name in 2020; 632 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.
Huxley’s family of names
Huxley has a related form in Huxle. Huxley has a related form in Huxlea. Huxley has a related form in Huxleah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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Canyon
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