Westley
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English west + lēah (“westerly wood or clearing”); in Suffolk recorded as Westlea in 1086 (DB).
Proper noun
[edit]Westley (countable and uncountable, plural Westleys)
- A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
- A hamlet in Sparsholt parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4231). [1]
- A hamlet in Westbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3606). [2]
- A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, west of Bury St Edmunds, and previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8264).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Westley is the 14076th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2137 individuals. Westley is most common among White (53.25%) and Black/African American (40.85%) individuals.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Westley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Census-designated places in California, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in Hampshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Hampshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Shropshire, England
- en:Places in Shropshire, England
- en:Villages in Suffolk, England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Suffolk, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English