Akeley
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Oakley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.
Proper noun[edit]
Akeley (countable and uncountable, plural Akeleys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7037).
- A city in Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Akeley is the 91981st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 200 individuals. Akeley is most common among White (94.5%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Akeley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 16.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -leigh
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Buckinghamshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Buckinghamshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Cities in Minnesota, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English