Given name & surname
Rawleigh
“from the clearing of roe deer”
Rawleigh is a variant of Raleigh. One English interpretation is “from the clearing of roe deer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rawleigh is a variant of Raleigh. One English interpretation is “from the clearing of roe deer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rawleigh is a variant of Raleigh. An origin associated with Raleigh is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rawleigh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 215
- 215 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 14 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 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 151 as a first name in 2020; 381 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.
Rawleigh’s family of names
Rawleigh has a related form in Raleigh.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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