Leftley

English edit

Etymology edit

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from the Old English personal name Leotate + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun edit

Leftley (plural Leftleys)

A surname from Old English.

Statistics edit

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Leftley is the 14941^st most common surname in England, belonging to 350 individuals.

Further reading edit

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leftley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 415.