Brindley
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Brinley
Etymology
From Old English berned (“burnt”) + lēah (“woodland, glade, clearing”). Equivalent to burnt + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Brindley (countable and uncountable, plural Brindleys)
- A village and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ592534). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brindley is the 12389th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2511 individuals. Brindley is most common among White (95.62%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brindley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228.