Bentley is an English place name meaning "bent grass meadow," a word for the wild fields where coarse grass grew tall. The surname attached itself to the luxury carmaker Walter Owen Bentley founded in 1919, and for better or worse the name now carries a whiff of chrome and polished leather. It broke into the U.S. top 100 in 2011 thanks to the MTV show Teen Mom and has eased since, currently at rank 201. Two syllables, light and bouncy, with Ben as an easy fallback. Bentley is polished without fuss, a name that splits the difference between country lane and valet stand. Friendly, confident, a bit stylish.
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1880 to today
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- Haven
- Sutton
- Tatum
- Camden
- Tyler
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