Huxley: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced HUK-slee · 2 syllables

Huxley means “woodland clearing, glade; insult, scorn, mockery”, from English.

From the Old English personal name *Hucc + -s- + leah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The first element could also be husc (“insult, scorn, mockery”).

How popular is Huxley?

Huxley was the #736 name in the US in 2025, given to 393 babies. It’s rising: up 262% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Huxley in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Huxley are older than 23; most are between 18 and 21. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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Huxley means “woodland clearing, glade; insult, scorn, mockery”. It comes from English.

Huxley is pronounced HUK-slee.

Huxley was the #736 name in the US in 2025, given to 393 babies. It’s rising: up 262% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Huxley are older than 23. Most are between 18 and 21.