Horsley

English

Etymology

From Old English hors (“horse”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to horse +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Horsley (countable and uncountable, plural Horsleys)

1. A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK380444).
   2. A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST830980).
   3. A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ095665).
   4. A small settlement in Rochester parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY8496).
   5. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• East Horsley
• West Horsley

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Horsley is the 5306^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6565 individuals. Horsley is most common among White (79.91%) and Black/African American (15.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Horsley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203.

Anagrams

• Horsely, Shorley, holyers, horsely