Birchley

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Merseyside, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to birch +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Birchley (plural Birchleys)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Birchley is the 18690^th most common surname in England, belonging to 251 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birchley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.
• Forebears