as a Last Name
- 3,731
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Raleigh
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from Raleigh in Devon, recorded in Domesday Book as Radeleia, from Old English rēad ‘red’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
| 7,699th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,731
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Raleigh per capita
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