Foxley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FOKS-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Foxley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fox clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Foxley mean?
English: English place name and surname
“fox clearing”
From English place names such as Foxley in Norfolk, from Old English fox and leah 'woodland clearing'.
Is Foxley a girl's or a boy's name?
Foxley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Foxley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Foxley, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Foxley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
Nicknames for Foxley
- Fox 37 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Foxley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley, Rory, Brody, Finley, Rowan, Finn, Sidney, Renley, Kingsley, Casey, Marley, Teddy
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Foxley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/foxley, updated 20 October 2026.