English Explanatory Dictionary

Winkley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Winkley Winkleys

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Lancashire, from an unclear first element + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The surname could also derive from the village of Winksley, in North Yorkshire.

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