Birchley
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Habitational surname from a minor place in Merseyside, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun[edit]
Birchley (plural Birchleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Birchley is the 18690th most common surname in England, belonging to 251 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birchley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.
- Forebears