Overley
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English uferra (“higher”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun edit
Overley (countable and uncountable, plural Overleys)
- A hamlet in Alrewas parish, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1515).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Overley is the 39486th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Overley is most common among White (90.31%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Overley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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 Staffordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Staffordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English