Cleveley
English
Alternative forms
- Cleverly
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Enstone, Oxfordshire, from Old English clif (“cliff; river-bank”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to cliff + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Cleveley (plural Cleveleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cleveley is the 19437th most common surname in England, belonging to 237 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cleveley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.
- Forebears
References
- Survey of English Place-Names