Bexley

• Origin: English
• Meaning: “box tree meadow.”
• Gender: unisex
• BEKS-lee

From the transferred use of the British place name and surname, it is composed of the Anglo-Saxon byxe (box tree) and leah (meadow). Bexley was originally its own village but is now known as Bexleyheath in Greater London, it is also the name of a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, Sydney, Australia and Christchurch, New Zealand.

As a given-name, there are some records for male Bexleys in Kent, England (where Bexleyheath was located) but it is exceedingly rare and was most likely a family name. It appeared in the U.S. Top 1000 female names in 2016 and currently ranks in as the 895th most popular female name.

Other forms include: Bexlie, Bexlee and the more modern Bexlin.

Sources

• https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=bexley
• https://nameberry.com/b/girl-baby-name-bexley
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bexley
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bexley