Leftley

English

Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place, from the Old English personal name Leotate + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Leftley (plural Leftleys)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Leftley is the 14941^st most common surname in England, belonging to 350 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leftley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 415.