- 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.
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