Downley
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English dūn (“hill, mountain”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to dune or down + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
editDownley (countable and uncountable, plural Downleys)
- A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8595).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Downley is the 1028827th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Downley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 485.
Categories:
- 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 Buckinghamshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Buckinghamshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English