as a Last Name
- 38,141
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bentley
Meaning & Origins
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’.
| 776th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 38,141
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Bentley per capita
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