Highley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Hiley

Etymology

Recorded as Hugelei in the Domesday Book, the village is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Hugga + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Highley (countable and uncountable, plural Highleys)

1. A village and civil parish of Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7483).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Highley is the 17572^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1600 individuals. Highley is most common among White (90.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Highley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176.