Stockley
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English stocc (“log, stump, tree trunk”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stock + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun edit
Stockley (countable and uncountable, plural Stockleys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A hamlet in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England, adjacent to Stockley Hamlet (OS grid ref SX6096).
- A village in Calne Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU002674).
- An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Stockley is the 38265th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 579 individuals. Stockley is most common among White (79.62%) and Black/African American (14.85%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stockley”, 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:Villages in Devon, England
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- en:Villages in Wiltshire, England
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Delaware, USA
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English