Wormley
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English wyrm (“snake”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to worm or wyrm + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
editWormley (countable and uncountable, plural Wormleys)
- A village in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL322054).
- A village in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9438).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wormley is the 21119th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1243 individuals. Wormley is most common among Black/African American (67.34%) and White (25.82%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wormley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- 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 Hertfordshire, England
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- en:Places in Hertfordshire, England
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English