Stickley

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from either Old English stiġel (“stile; sharp point”), sticol (“high, steep, stickle”) or from a personal name Sticca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stile +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Stickley (plural Stickleys)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stickley is the 13944^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2165 individuals. Stickley is most common among White (94.6%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cystlike