Shotley
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English
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Etymology
Recorded as Scoteleia in the Domesday Book, the English village is probably named with Old English Sċott (“Scot, Scottish person”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to Scot + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Shotley (countable and uncountable, plural Shotleys)
- A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM236351). [1]
- 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, pages 196-197:
- They send letters entreating him to come, to Shotley, Tattingstone, Witham – as far away as Northamptonshire.
- An unincorporated community in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shotley is the 473286th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29 individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shotley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.