Gateley
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English gāt (“goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to goat + -ley (“lea”). Compare Shipley (literally “sheep lea”).
Proper noun edit
Gateley (countable and uncountable, plural Gateleys)
- A small village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9624).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gateley is the 36426th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 614 individuals. Gateley is most common among White (93.65%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gateley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 20.
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 Norfolk, England
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- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Norfolk, England
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English