Hordley

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English hord (“hoard, treasure”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hoard +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Hordley (countable and uncountable, plural Hordleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3830).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hordley is the 51923^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 52 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hordley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 201.
• Forebears