Hurley - Meaning of Hurley

What does Hurley mean?

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Hurley

[ 2 syll. hur-ley, hu-rl-ey ] The baby boy name Hurley is sometimes used as a girl name. It is pronounced as HH-ERLiy- †. Hurley is an English name of Irish Gaelic origin. The name's meaning is child of the sea and tides.

Hurlea, Hurleah, Hurlee (English), Hurleigh (English), Hurli, Hurlie, Hurly, and Zurley are variants of Hurley.

See also the related categories, english, sea, and irish.

Hurley is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1904 with 0.008% of baby boys being given the name Hurley. It ranked at #741 then. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is now of infrequent use. Among all boy names in its group, Hurley was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2018. Hurley has in the past century been mostly given to baby boys.

Baby names that sound like Hurley include Hurli, Hurlie, Hurly, Harailt, Haral, Harall, Harel, Harill, Harlee, Harley, Harli, Harlie, Harlo, Harloe, Harlow, Harlowe, Harly, Harol, Haroll, and Harrull.

† Pronunciation for Hurley: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"