Whaley
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English wielle (“well, spring”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to well + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
[edit]Whaley (countable and uncountable, plural Whaleys)
- A village in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5171).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Whaley is the 1575th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 22833 individuals. Whaley is most common among White (80.79%) and Black/African American (14.7%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whaley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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 Derbyshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Derbyshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English