Olney

English

Etymology

From the dative form of the Old English personal name Olla + īeġ (“island”).

Proper noun

Olney (countable and uncountable, plural Olneys)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A market town in Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8851).
   2. A place in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Pickens County, Alabama.
      2. A city, the county seat of Richland County, Illinois.
      3. A census-designated place and unincorporated area of Montgomery County, Maryland.
      4. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
      5. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana.
      6. An unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.
      7. An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon.
      8. A neighbourhood in northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
      9. A city in Young County, Texas.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Olney's bulrush
• Olney's lesions

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Olney is the 9932^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3248 individuals. Olney is most common among White (80.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Olney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Loney, Onley, enoyl, onely