Woolley
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English
Etymology
From Old English wulf (“wolf”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wolf + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Woolley (countable and uncountable, plural Woolleys)
- A place in England:
- A hamlet in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1574).
- A hamlet in Morwenstow parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2516).
- A small village in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST7468).
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3213). [1]
- A suburb of Bradford-on-Avon, west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8361).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Woolley is the 5176th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6749 individuals. Woolley is most common among White (90.49%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Woolley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.