English Explanatory Dictionary

Bottomley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Bottomley Bottomleys Bothamley

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English botm (“bottom; abyss”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bottom + -ley (“lea”); compare the name Bottom.

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