Cleveley
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Enstone, Oxfordshire, from Old English clif (“cliff; river-bank”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to cliff + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun[edit]
Cleveley (plural Cleveleys)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cleveley is the 19437th most common surname in England, belonging to 237 individuals.
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cleveley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.
- Forebears