Cowley

Meanings

1. A placename:
2. A place in England:
3. A hamlet in Holmesfield parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK338770).
4. A hamlet in Upton Pyne parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9095).
5. A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9614).
6. A suburb in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ055825).
7. A suburb and industrial area in City of Oxford district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5504).
8. A village in the Municipal District of Pincher Creek, No. 9, Alberta, Canada.
9. An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas, United States.
10. A town in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States.
11. A rural locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
12. A habitational surname from Old English.

Etymology

Various origins: * The village in Gloucestershire is from Old English cū (“cow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to cow + -ley (“lea”). * The hamlet in Derbyshire is from Old English col (“coal”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to coal + -ley (“lea”). * The other places in England are from the Old English personal name Cufa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).