Brearley
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English brēr (“briar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to briar + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
editBrearley (countable and uncountable, plural Brearleys)
- A hamlet in Hebden Royd parish, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0225). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brearley is the 40313th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 543 individuals. Brearley is most common among White (94.29%) individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brearley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220.
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 West Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in West Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English