Hartley
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See also: hartley
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Artley
Etymology
From Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hart + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Hartley (countable and uncountable, plural Hartleys)
- A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7808).
- A suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX488325).
- A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ605675).
- A village in Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ757563).
- A suburb of Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, England, on the border with Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3375)
- A census-designated place in Solano County, California, United States.
- A city in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Haakon County, South Dakota, United States.
- A census-designated place in Hartley County, Texas, United States.
- Ellipsis of Hartley County.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hartley is the 1,124th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 31,221 individuals. Hartley is most common among White (88.90%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hartley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136.