Sloley
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Slowley
Etymology
From Old English slāh (“sloe”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).[1] Equivalent to sloe + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Sloley (countable and uncountable, plural Sloleys)
- A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2924).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sloley is the 29000th most common surname in England, belonging to 129 individuals.
References
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sloley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears