Fun Facts About the Name Paisely
- 104 babies named Paisely: U.S. records list 104 babies given the name Paisely from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Paisely Mean?
Paisely is a respelling of Paisley, a name taken from the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The town's name is of Brittonic origin - the Celtic speech of southern Scotland before Gaelic - and its exact sense is disputed. One long-standing proposal explains it from a Brittonic element for "pasture" or grazing land. Another connects it to a form of Latin basilica, "church," a derivation also suggested for other place names in Britain and Ireland. Because the earliest recorded forms of the town name are hard to interpret, no single meaning is firmly established, and the meaning of the personal name is therefore uncertain.
Paisely Name History & Origins
The word reached English use as a Scottish surname taken from Paisley in Renfrewshire, a town that grew around Paisley Abbey, a monastery founded in the twelfth century. Medieval records render the place name in forms such as Passelet. From the eighteenth century the town was a major weaving center, and the teardrop motif of its woven shawls is still called the Paisley pattern. The surname is borne by the Northern Ireland clergyman and politician Ian Paisley and by the American country singer Brad Paisley.
As a given name, Paisley was uncommon before the late twentieth century and has since been used mainly for girls, especially in the United States, where it followed the broader fashion for surnames as first names. Paisely is a less common spelling of the same name, with the middle vowels reversed; it shares the origin and history above and has no separate derivation of its own.
How Popular is the Name Paisely?
Paisely has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #8,822 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,496 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #16,995 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #14,862 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #10,916 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #11,867 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #12,159 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #10,373 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #15,461 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #15,762 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #8,822 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #14,210 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #16,047 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #13,150 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #16,452 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Paisely Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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