Filley
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English filli (“filly, young female horse”), perhaps a nickname for a temperamental or skittish person.
Proper noun
[edit]Filley (countable and uncountable, plural Filleys)
- A surname from Middle English.
- An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Missouri, United States.
- A village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Filley is the 36426th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 614 individuals. Filley is most common among White (95.11%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Filley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 574.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Middle English
- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in Nebraska, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Nebraska, USA
- English surnames from nicknames