Hindley

English

Etymology

From Old English hind (“hind, female deer”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hind +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Hindley (countable and uncountable, plural Hindleys)

1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6204).
2. A hamlet in Stocksfield parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0559).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Hindley's screw
• Hindley-Milner type system

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hindley is the 43651^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 494 individuals. Hindley is most common among White (95.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hindley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180.