English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From Old English boga (bow; riverbend) + lēah (woodland clearing, glade). Equivalent to bow +‎ -ley (lea).

Proper noun edit

Bowley (countable and uncountable, plural Bowleys)

  1. A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5452).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms edit

Statistics 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

Anagrams edit