Hatley

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Hætta + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Hatley (countable and uncountable, plural Hatleys)

1. A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281510).
   2. An unincorporated community in Crisp County, Georgia, United States.
   3. A town in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States.
   4. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Cockayne Hatley

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hatley is the 5379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6468 individuals. Hatley is most common among White (84.49%) and Black/African American (10.19%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hatley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141.

Anagrams

• eathly, hyetal, layeth