Greeley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Grealey

Etymology

Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).

Proper noun

Greeley (countable and uncountable, plural Greeleys)

1. A surname from Old French.
2. A city, the county seat of Weld County, Colorado, United States.
3. A small city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States.
4. A small city in Anderson County, Kansas, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
7. An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States.
8. A village, the county seat of Greeley County, Nebraska, United States. Its full name is Greeley Center.
9. A town in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Derived terms

• Greeley Center
• Greeley County

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Greeley is the 7796^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4246 individuals. Greeley is most common among White (91.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Greeley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79.