Huntleigh is a modern feminine respelling of Huntley, an English surname and place name from the Old English hunta and leah, "hunter's meadow" or "hunter's clearing"; the -leigh ending aligns it with Everleigh, Oakleigh and Kinsleigh. It barely existed before 2018, when it jumped from number 8,480 to number 2,465, peaked at number 1,635 in 2020 and ranks number 2,705 in 2025, with 64 births.