Given name & surname
Rowley
“from the rough meadow”
Rowley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the rough meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the rough 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 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rowley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 57 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 10 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 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 109 as a first name in 2020; 15,325 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.
Rowley’s family of names
Rowley has a related form in Roly. Rowley has a related form in Rowlea. Rowley has a related form in Rowleah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rowley
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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