Bulley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Buley

Etymology

From Old English bula (“bull”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to bull +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Bulley (countable and uncountable, plural Bulleys)

1. A hamlet in Churcham parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7619).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bulley is the 57234^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 356 individuals. Bulley is most common among White (72.19%) and Black/African American (22.19%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bulley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250.

Anagrams

• bluely