Meadow on the border or edge
A modern American invention combining the English surname Kent with the popular suffix -leigh. Kent is derived from a Brythonic word meaning 'border' or 'rim', while -leigh is an Old English element referring to a meadow or clearing.
Less common today
Kentleigh isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #10,794 in 2016.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
