Hordley
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Old English hord (“hoard, treasure”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hoard + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Hordley (countable and uncountable, plural Hordleys)
- A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3830).
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hordley is the 51923rd most common surname in England, belonging to 52 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hordley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Forebears