Hearty, spirited, or from the deer meadow
Heartly is a modern English coinage that likely serves as a variant of Hartley, meaning 'stag meadow.' It also functions as a word-name derivative of 'hearty,' suggesting a person who is spirited, sincere, and full of life. Its use as a first name is a contemporary trend of turning surnames and adjectives into whimsical given names.
Less common today
Heartly isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #9,948 in 2025.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
