Birley
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English būr (“chamber, room”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bower + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
[edit]Birley (countable and uncountable, plural Birleys)
- A small village in Birley with Upper Hill parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4553).
- A suburb and ward of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK403398).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Birley is the 110286th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 160 individuals. Birley is most common among White (93.13%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.
Anagrams
[edit]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 Herefordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Herefordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Suburbs in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Neighbourhoods in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in South Yorkshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English