Birchley

English edit

Etymology edit

Habitational surname from a minor place in Merseyside, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to birch +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun edit

Birchley (plural Birchleys)

A surname from Old English.

Statistics edit

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Birchley is the 18690^th most common surname in England, belonging to 251 individuals.

Further reading edit

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birchley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.
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