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Raleigh

RAW-lee

Rare & Uncommon ✦ Vintage

✦ Meaning

“From Old English 'roe' (deer) and 'leah' (meadow), literally 'deer meadow.' Historically a place name that became famous through Sir Walter Raleigh, the Elizabethan explorer and colonist.”

Popularity Over Time

Raleigh US popularity rank over timeRank 2881 in 2001 to rank 375 in 1905. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#375#1628#28811900192019401960198020002024

Raleigh is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Old English

Syllables

2

Nicknames

RayLee

Style

ClassicRomanticGrandTimeless

Famous Bearers

  • Sir Walter Raleigh (explorer)
  • Raleigh Becket (Pacific Rim)

Collections

Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Old Money Names → Preppy & Surname Names → Two Syllables → Vintage Revival →

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People Also Ask

From Old English 'roe' (deer) and 'leah' (meadow), literally 'deer meadow.' Historically a place name that became famous through Sir Walter Raleigh, the Elizabethan explorer and colonist.

Raleigh is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's making a comeback as part of the vintage name wave.

Popular nicknames for Raleigh include Ray, Lee.

Names that pair beautifully with Raleigh include Alistair, Edmund, Leander, Dashiell, Peregrine.