Wakeley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Wakely

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Waca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Wakeley (countable and uncountable, plural Wakeleys)

1. A hamlet in Westmill parish, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3426).
2. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wakeley is the 27392^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 881 individuals. Wakeley is most common among White (92.96%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Weakley