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Bentley is an ultra-luxury car, which makes for an ultra-pretentious name!

If you love the name for a boy, and think it's too pretentious, you could always call him Ben for short. Ben is a very cool, masculine name.

^ Bentley is an awesome name!! So what if it sounds pretentious. At least it is impressionable. Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" had a charachter in the book named Bentley. I was going to consider it for my boy...but unfortunately, I am having a girl :(

For me, this name would belong in a highly image-conscience family. It feels like someone who'd like to be able to afford a Bentley would name their kid this.

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Although Bentley is currently the name of a car, the name is Old English in origin. It means "a clearing covered with bent grass" and is thus a place name. Other than being a car name, it is also the name of places in England and a last name.

My mom had a brother named Bentley. He was very handsome, and mom loved his name. She always wanted to use it, but only had one son, who was named after Dad, and the rest of us were all girls.
************************************************************************************************************************************************* My Granddaughter's name is Bentlie Elizabeth . Her parents picked Bentley for a boy , but changed the spelling for a girl . Our Bentlie is in no way a girlie girl @ 2 , she'd rather play in mud puddles then play with princess ! She's one tough little cookie who melts everyone's heart wherever we go , with her cute smile and her animated way of speaking .

Personal experiences with the name Bentley

Our son is named Bentley Alan and we call him Boo for short. Family calls him Benny as my father had family named Big Ben and little Ben and little Ben was called Benny. We named him Bentley after the surname as we plan to use surnames as all of our boys’ first names. He has a little sister named Adelaide Mae.

Our son is named Bentley and we call him Ben, but everybody assumes his name is Benjamin. Daycare staff, coworkers, friends, and even family and church members who know that Ben is short for Bentley because it is a family name will still, on occasion, call him Benjamin.

My son is names Bentley. I never thought of the car when we named him, but everyone else seems to. It was a surname before it was a car, but some people tend to think it's snooty. But just as many people think it's cute.

My 10 year old son is named Bentley - his nicknames are bentz or benty

My friend's son was named Bentley after the suburb in which his father grew up; Bentley, South Yorkshire, UK.

Nicknames for Bentley

Ben, Bentz, B, Boo, Benny, Benny-Boo, Benners, Benzo, CHEESE EATER

Meanings and history of the name Bentley

From an English surname meaning "bent grass + field" or bent meaning "above" and ley meaning "uncultivated ground"

Famous real-life people named Bentley

Bently Doonan
Bentley Cadence Edwards - Son of Ryan and Maci from Teen Mom
Dierks Bentley

Bentley in song, story & screen