Wormley

English

Alternative forms

• Wormeley, Wormely

Etymology

From Old English wyrm (“snake”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to worm or wyrm +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Wormley (countable and uncountable, plural Wormleys)

1. A village in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL322054).
2. A village in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9438).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wormley is the 21119^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1243 individuals. Wormley is most common among Black/African American (67.34%) and White (25.82%) individuals.

Further reading

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