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Bentley

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Bentley, a common name, ‘woodland clearing where bent-grass grows’, OE beonet + lēah; examples include: Bentley Donc. Benedleia 1086 (DB). Bentley Hants., near Alton. Beonetleh c.965, Benedlei 1086 (DB). Bentley E. R. Yorks. Benedlage 1086 (DB). Bentley, Fenny Derbys. Benedlege 1086 (DB), Fennibenetlegh 1272. Affix is OE fennig ‘marshy’. Bentley, Great & Bentley, Little Essex. Benetleye c.1040, Benetlea 1086 (DB).

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Bentley

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Bentley ♂ Transferred use of the surname, which originated as a local name from any of the dozen or so places in England so called from Old English beonet ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’.

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Bentley

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Bentley •belly, Botticelli, casus belli, Corelli, Delhi, deli, Ellie, Grappelli, jelly, Kelly, lamellae, Machiavelli, Mahaweli, nelly, Schiaparelli, Shelley, shelly, smelly, tagliatelle, telly, Torricelli, vermicelli, welly, Zeffirelli •trebly •assembly, trembly •deadly, Hedley, medley, redly •friendly • freckly •cleanly, eco-friendly, user-friendly •heavenly • fleshly • wetly • directly •Bentley • deathly •Lesley, Leslie, Presley, Wesley •yellow-belly • underbelly •bailey, bailie, capercaillie, Cayley, ceilidh, daily, Daley, Daly, Disraeli, Eilidh, feyly, gaily, Haley, Hayley, Israeli, Rayleigh, scaly, shaly, ukulele •ably • ungainly • maidenly • shapely •stately • saintly • paisley • Ainsley •comradely

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