Calverley

English

Etymology

From Old English calfra, genitive plural of cælf (“calf”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkælvə(ɹ)li/

Proper noun

Calverley (countable and uncountable, plural Calverleys)

1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2036).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Calverley is the 36970^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 604 individuals. Calverley is most common among White (93.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calverley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.