Wiley - Meaning of Wiley

What does Wiley mean?

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Wiley

[ 2 syll. wi-ley, wil-ey ] The baby boy name Wiley is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is W-AYLiy- †. Wiley is largely used in the English language and its origin is Old English. The name's meaning is crafty.

Wiley has 16 variants. Variants include Whiley, Wildy, Wilea, Wilee, Wileigh, Wili, Wilie, Willey, Wily, Wylee, Wyleigh, Wyley, Wyli, Wylie, and Wyly. The contraction Wile is another English variant.

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Wiley is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.055% of baby boys were given the name Wiley. It ranked at #214 then. The baby name has since experienced a steep fall in popularity, and is now of very light use. Within all boy names in its group, Wiley was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2018. In the past century Wiley has mostly been a baby boy name.

Baby names that sound like Wiley include Whylie, Wily, Wyley, Wyli, Wyly, Wa'il, Waele, Wali, Wallee, Walley, Walli, Wallie, Wally, Walo, Wellie, Wheelie, Whiley, Wili, Wilie, and Willey.

† Pronunciation for Wiley: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"