Rye clearing or courageous
Rilie is a modern phonetic spelling variant of the English surname Riley. It derives from the Old English words 'ryge' (rye) and 'leah' (wood, clearing, or meadow), though it is also sometimes linked to the Irish surname O'Reilly, meaning courageous.
Less common today
Rilie isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,760 in 2003.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
