Bowley

English

Etymology

From Old English boga (“bow; riverbend”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bow +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Bowley (countable and uncountable, plural Bowleys)

1. A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5452).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Bowley's law

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bowley is the 15692^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1859 individuals. Bowley is most common among White (85.58%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bowley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 209.

Anagrams

• elbowy