Nibley
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English hnybbe (“peak, top, summit”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun
[edit]Nibley (countable and uncountable, plural Nibleys)
- A village in Westerleigh parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST693822).
- An unincorporated community in Union County, Oregon, United States.
- A city in Cache County, Utah, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nibley is the 113155th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 155 individuals. Nibley is most common among Hispanic/Latino (84.52%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nibley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 665.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -leigh
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Gloucestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Gloucestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Oregon, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Oregon, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Utah, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Utah, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English