Fun Facts About the Name Radleigh
- 11 babies named Radleigh: U.S. records list 11 babies given the name Radleigh from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Radleigh Mean?
Radleigh is a spelling of the English surname and place name Radley, whose usual sense is "red clearing" or "red wood." The name is Old English, the language spoken in England before about 1150. Its second element is lēah, meaning "wood," "woodland clearing," or "meadow," a word that appears in many English place names.
The first element is generally explained as rēad, "red," perhaps describing a clearing with reddish soil or reddish trees. Some place-name explanations instead connect certain instances to hrēod, "reed," which would give "reed clearing." The -leigh ending in Radleigh is a common English spelling of the same lēah element, so both spellings carry the same basic sense.
Radleigh Name History & Origins
Surnames taken from villages and estates became common in England during the Middle Ages, and Radley belongs to that group. The village of Radley in Oxfordshire appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Radeleie, and the place name is also found elsewhere in England.
Radleigh is a later respelling of the surname, using the -leigh form of the -ley ending found in many English names, such as Leigh, Ashleigh, and Bradleigh. As a first name it is uncommon and belongs with the wider group of English surname-derived given names ending in -leigh. It is a different name from Raleigh, which has its own separate origin. The surname Radley is also familiar from the Radley family in Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird; that is a literary use of the surname and is not the source of the given name.
How Popular is the Name Radleigh?
Radleigh 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 2023. Its best rank was #14,749 in 2023.
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 | #16,703 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #14,749 | 6 | 0.0004% |
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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