Payslie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PAYZ-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
Payslie is a girls' name of Scottish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Payslie mean?
Scottish: spelling of Payslee, itself a variant spelling of Paisley, the Scottish town and fabric pattern
A spelling of Paisley, the Scottish town whose weavers gave their name to the teardrop textile pattern.
Meaning borrowed from Payslee.
Is Payslie a girl's or a boy's name?
Payslie is a girls' name.
How popular is Payslie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Payslie in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Payslie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
Names like Payslie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Paisley Monroe Isla Jovie Ellie Indie Maisie Evie Elodie Millie Colbie Phoebe
Names related to Payslie
More Scottish names
Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas Lochlan
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, “Payslie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/payslie, updated 20 October 2026.