The baby name Fairlie is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced FAIR-lee (IPA: /ˈfɛərli/).
The baby name Fairlie is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced FAIR-lee (IPA: /ˈfɛərli/).
Fairlie is English, Scottish in Origin.
Fairlie is a Scottish and English surname-turned-given name, taken from the village of Fairlie in North Ayrshire and from related place-names in England. Linguistically it traces to Old English faeger, "fair, lovely," plus leah, "woodland clearing, meadow," yielding the meaning "fair meadow" or "beautiful clearing." The Scots spelling -lie preserves the same sense as the English forms in -ley/-leigh.
Used occasionally as a first name since the 19th century, Fairlie follows the British and American custom of adopting surnames as given names and has seen modest use in Scotland and Australasia. It reads as gently unisex, though rarer than the cognate Farley. Established variants include Fairley, Fairleigh, Fairly, and Fairlee; related forms and near-variants include Farley and Fairley. With its breezy sound and pastoral imagery, Fairlie offers a distinctive alternative to Bailey, Hadley, or Everly.
Fairlie is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 5 recorded uses of it, from 4 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
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