English Explanatory Dictionary

Housley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Housley Housleys Housely

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, from Old English hūs (“house”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to house + -ley (“lea”).

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