English Explanatory Dictionary

Lumley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A hamlet near Hermitage, Southbourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7506).

Word forms

Lumley Lumleys

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Great Lumley and Lumley Thicks, in County Durham, from Old English lumm (“pool”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Related words

Great Lumley Little Lumley Lumley Thicks
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