English Explanatory Dictionary

Nunley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Nunley Nunleys

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Wroxall, Warwickshire, from Old English nunne (“nun, priestess”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to nun + -ley (“lea”).

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