Sloley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Slowley

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Sloley (countable and uncountable, plural Sloleys)

1. A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2924).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sloley is the 29000^th most common surname in England, belonging to 129 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sloley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears