Childrey
English edit
Etymology edit
From either the Old English personal name Cilla or cille (“spring”) + rīþ (“stream, rivulet”).
Proper noun edit
Childrey (countable and uncountable, plural Childreys)
- A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3687).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Childrey is the 41100th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 530 individuals. Childrey is most common among White (62.45%) and Black/African American (30.38%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Childrey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327.