Riley

⚥French unisex name: girls and boys

At a glance

GenderFeminine and masculine (unisex)

Origin and meaning

* From Ryley in Lancashire, from Old English ryge (“rye”) + leah (“clearing, meadow”). Equivalent to rye + -ley (“lea”). * A variant of Reilly, from Irish Ó Raghallaigh (see O'Reilly).

Where it is mostly given

  • Great Britain
  • United States

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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