Bentli
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BENT-lee
- Origin
- English
Bentli is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “clearing with bent grass”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bentli mean?
English: spelling of Bentlee, itself a spelling of Bentley, an English place name and surname
“clearing with bent grass”
A spelling of Bentley, from English places named for a clearing where bent grass grew.
Meaning borrowed from Bentlee. More on Wiktionary.
Is Bentli a girl's or a boy's name?
Bentli is a boys' name.
How popular is Bentli in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Bentli in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bentli in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
Nicknames for Bentli
- Ben 122 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Bentli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fletcher Henry Charlie Otto August Major Porter Royal Emmett Miller Judson Foster
Names related to Bentli
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bentli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bentli, updated 20 October 2026.