Gumley
English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Guma, a byname from guma (“man; hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun
Gumley (countable and uncountable, plural Gumleys)
- A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP681719).
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gumley is the 22402nd most common surname in England, belonging to 191 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gumley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Forebears