English Explanatory Dictionary

Exley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A small suburb south of Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0922).

Word forms

Exley Exleys Axley

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) (also found in Eccles) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

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