Bowley
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English boga (“bow; riverbend”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bow + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
editBowley (countable and uncountable, plural Bowleys)
- A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5452).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bowley is the 15692nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1859 individuals. Bowley is most common among White (85.58%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bowley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 209.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- 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 Herefordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Herefordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English