English Explanatory Dictionary

Birchley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Birchley Birchleys

Etymology

From a minor place in Merseyside, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).

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