Bentley

in Maine

There are 87 people with the last name "Bentley" in Maine.

Ranking in Maine

Name	Rank
Bentley	2,169

is 2,165th most common Santerre
is 2,166th most common Spellman
is 2,167th most common Swallow
is 2,168th most common Tardy
is 2,169th most common Bentley
is 2,170th most common Carlow
is 2,171st most common Charron
is 2,172nd most common Christiansen
is 2,173rd most common Dawes

Meaning & History

Bentley

English: habitational name from any of various places, the chief of which are in Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and East and South Yorkshire. The place name is from Old English beonet ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Probably an Americanized spelling of Swiss Bandle or Bandli or German Bentele, all short forms of the medieval personal name Pantaleon (see Pantaleo).