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Adley

Girl name · 31 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Adley: 31 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 9 births in 2024.

Adley has English and Hebrew origins, from an Old English surname meaning "from the meadow by the river" or deriving from the Hebrew Adlai, meaning "God is just" or "my ornament." The name is shared with Adley Rutschman, the American baseball catcher who debuted for the Baltimore Orioles in 2022, a rising star in Major League Baseball. While not heavily tied to Scottish geography, the modern given name Adley has gained a gentle, unisex charm in recent decades, appearing more frequently for girls in Scotland since the mid-2010s. It shares a root with the biblical Adlai, grandfather of King David’s herdsman, giving it an understated depth.