Bentlie
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- BENT-lee
- Origin
- English
Bentlie is a name of English origin, meaning “clearing with bent grass”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bentlie 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 Bentlie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bentlie has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Bentlie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Bentlie in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2012, 56% of the babies named Bentlie in the US were girls.
Bentlie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
Nicknames for Bentlie
- Ben 122 boys in the UK in 2025
Names related to Bentlie
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, “Bentlie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bentlie, updated 20 October 2026.