Dilley
English
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Etymology
[edit]Possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name *Dylla, found in placenames such as Dillington or Dilton.
Proper noun
[edit]Dilley (countable and uncountable, plural Dilleys)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States.
- A city in Frio County, Texas, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dilley is the 6036th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5692 individuals. Dilley is most common among White (94.26%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dilley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 462.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Unincorporated communities in Oregon, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Oregon, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Texas, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Texas, USA