Paisley is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Paisley is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #51 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Paisley, accounting for approximately 0.30 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 53,178 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Paisley. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
Paisley is a name of Scottish origin, and it is derived from the name of the town of Paisley in the west of Scotland. The town’s name is derived from the Old English word ‘pæsel’ meaning ‘church’ and ‘leah’ meaning ‘clearing’ or ‘meadow’, so the name Paisley originally meant ‘church in the meadow’.
The town in Scotland... is named after the Paisley Abbey, which was founded in the 12th century and was one of the most important religious sites in medieval Scotland.
Brad Paisley (*1972)
The American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist Bradley Douglas Paisley is known for his technical guitar skills and humorous lyrics. Among Paisley's most popular songs are 'Whiskey Lullaby' (2004) and 'Mud on the Tires' (2003). His musical oeuvre earned him several awards, such as Grammy Awards, CMA Awards, and ACM Awards. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful country musicians of his generation. Paisley is married to 'Nashville'-actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley (*1971).
Paisley Wu (*1971)
Paisley Wu is a Hong Kong singer and television presenter. Since she started her music career in the 90s she released several studio albums including 'Today, Tomorrow, Overmorrow' (1994) or 'This Is
Paisley Currah
The American-Canadian political scientist and author Paisley Currah mainly publishes works on the transgender rights movement which makes him a leading authority on the politics of sex classification. Additionally, he serves as a professor of political science and women's and gender studies at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman (*1970)
The American beauty-queen, dancer and retired wrestler Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman is also known for her character Paisley. She achieved wider recognition by her ring name Queen Sharmell under which she performed for World Wrestling Entertainment. She is married to former professional wrestler 'Booker T'. In 1991 she won the Miss Black America pageant and she toured as a dancer for artists such as James Brown.
When you hear the name Paisley, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Paisley? Are you also called Paisley? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
was popularized in Paisley. It is a large town in Scotland with 77,270 inhabitants which borders the city of Glasgow.
there are two unincorporated communities and one city called Paisley. They are located in Florida, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
The Paisley Caves are a system of eight caves in a region of south-central Oregon. In 2007, a field school identified the oldest human DNA yet discovered in the Americas in one of them.
In Chanhassen, Minnesota you can visit Paisley Park. The Paisley Park Studios complex used to be a record label by musician Prince but serves as a museum since his death in 2016.
there is an islet that bears the name Paisley Islet. It is located approximately 65 miles west south-west of Kingscote, Kangaroo Island.
Everyone knows her, everyone loves her and still she’s different from the mainstream: Paisley occurs in every single state of the U.S. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the more than 50,000 different female first names that occur in the USA, just 537 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Paisley is definitely something very special. However, at the same time, since the name does not appear in the top 100 most common first names in any single state, Paisley is not one of those names that one encounters in every neighbourhood, but stands out from the crowd, is noticeable and special without being strange or unknown. From Alaska to Florida, a total of 53,178 women and girls of all generations bear the name Paisley – that is one in 2,899. However, there are considerable regional differences – the name is far more popular than average in Idaho, where one in 884 women and girls is called Paisley, while it is particularly rare in Rhode Island, where you have to ask an average of 14,329 women for their name to get Paisley as an answer once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter P is quite rare as an initial letter for girls' names: only 1.6% of all common girls' names in the US begin with a P, which means that this initial occurs only about half as often as the other letters on average. Nevertheless, P is by no means the rarest initial. While A, S and M are the most common first letters of girls' names, Q, X and U are the least common initials of feminine first names.
With seven letters, the name Paisley has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that since 1.6% of all girls’ names begin with a P, this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average. By the way, of the comparatively few girls' names that begin with a P, Patricia is currently the most common.
If your name is Paisley and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Paisley, you can simply say:
Pig
Apple
Igloo
Sun
Lion
Elephant
Yoyo
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Paisley
Paisley
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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Y
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
P
A
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L
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Y
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Paisley sounds like this:
