Wortley
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Worley
Etymology
From Old English wyrt (“plant, vegetable”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wort + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Wortley (countable and uncountable, plural Wortleys)
- An inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2732).
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3099). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wortley is the 44034th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 489 individuals. Wortley is most common among White (95.91%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wortley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.