Given name & surname
Knightly
“from the knight's meadow”
Knightly is a variant of Knightley. One English interpretation is “from the knight's meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Knightly is a variant of Knightley. One English interpretation is “from the knight's meadow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Knightly is a variant of Knightley. An origin associated with Knightley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Knightly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 103
- 61 boys · 42 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 535 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.
Knightly’s family of names
Knightly has a related form in Knightley.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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