English Explanatory Dictionary

Thornley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3639).
  3. A village in Wolsingham parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1137).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Thornley Thornleys Thorneloe

Etymology

From Old English þorn (“thorn, thorny bush”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to thorn + -ley (“lea”).

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