Warley
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (surname): Worley
Etymology
editFrom Old English wer (“weir, dam”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to weir + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
editWarley (countable and uncountable, plural Warleys)
- A suburb of Brentwood, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ592923).
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Warley is the 73215th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 265 individuals. Warley is most common among White (56.6%) and Black/African American (31.7%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Warley”, 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:Suburbs in Essex, England
- en:Places in Essex, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in the West Midlands, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in the West Midlands, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English