Sedgley
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Old English personal name Seċġ, a byname from seċġ (“man, hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun
editSedgley (countable and uncountable, plural Sedgleys)
- A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sedgley is the 95115th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 192 individuals. Sedgley is most common among White (97.4%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sedgley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -leigh
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Towns in the West Midlands, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Places in the West Midlands, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English