Boxley
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English box (“box-tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun edit
Boxley (countable and uncountable, plural Boxleys)
- A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7758). [1]
- An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Boxley is the 19559th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1380 individuals. Boxley is most common among Black/African American (61.67%) and White (31.38%) individuals.
References edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boxley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 209.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -leigh
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Kent, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Kent, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English