# Brantley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbræn.tli/ · frequency rank #42,559

## Definitions
1. An American surname from German.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A town in Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States.

## Etymology
Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, "firebrand."

## Easily confused with
- **Brinkley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brantley-vs-brinkley)
- **Bradley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bradley-vs-brantley)
- **Bentley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bentley-vs-brantley)

## Common misspellings (13)
`barntley`, `bbrantley`, `branltey`, `branntley`, `brantely`, `brantleyy`, `brantlley`, `brantlye`, `branttley`, `bratnley`, `brnatley`, `brrantley`, `rbantley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brantley