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Mattingly
How to Pronounce Mattingly
Pronounced MAT-ing-lee /ˈmæt.ɪŋ.li/Medium
Meaning: Mattingly is an English surname adopted as a modern given name. It comes from an English place name built from a personal name (Matta or Matte) plus -ing- ('people of') and -ley ('clearing, meadow'), so roughly 'meadow of Matta's people.' As a first name it is a fresh surname-style choice, familiar to many through baseball's Don Mattingly.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Mattingly is an English surname turned given name, from a place name meaning 'the meadow of Matta's people.' It appears as a first name in United States records from around 1996 and reached its small high near 2009, part of the trend of turning surnames into girls' names. Given to only a couple dozen girls a year, it stayed rare.
A girl named Mattingly is a young person of the surname-name era, when family names and even sports names became first names. The Don Mattingly association gives it a warm, all-American echo; it is a modern usage rather than a revival of an old first name.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Mattingly mean?
It is an English surname used as a given name, from a place name meaning 'the meadow of Matta's people.'
How do you pronounce Mattingly?
It's said MAT-ing-lee /ˈmæt.ɪŋ.li/, three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Mattingly a boy or girl name?
Mattingly is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Mattingly?
It has always been rare, a surname used as a first name given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its high in the late two-thousands.