English Explanatory Dictionary

Borley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Braintree district, Essex, England, near Sudbury, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8443).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Borley Borleys

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Old English bār (“boar”) + lēah (“woodland; meadow”). Equivalent to boar + -ley (“lea”).

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