Shakerley

English

Alternative forms

• Shackley

Etymology

From Old English sceácere (“robber, thief”) (from Proto-West Germanic *skākārī) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”).

Proper noun

Shakerley (countable and uncountable, plural Shakerleys)

1. A suburban area near Tyldesley, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6902).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shakerley is the 56985^th most common surname in England, belonging to 45 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shakerley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.