Whitley
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English hwīt (“white”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to white + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
[edit]Whitley (countable and uncountable, plural Whitleys)
- A number of places in England:
- A southern suburb of Reading, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7271).
- A village in Selby district, North Yorkshire.
- A hamlet in Ecclesfield parish, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3494).
- A south-eastern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3576).
- A village in Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8866).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Whitley is the 1313th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26732 individuals. Whitley is most common among White (72.22%) and Black/African American (22.85%) individuals.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whitley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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[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:Places in England
- en:Suburbs in Berkshire, England
- en:Places in Berkshire, England
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Suburbs in the West Midlands, England
- en:Places in the West Midlands, England
- en:Villages in Wiltshire, England
- en:Places in Wiltshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English