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語源

From 古期英語 hors (“horse”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to horse +‎ -ley (“lea”).

固有名詞

Horsley (countable and uncountable, plural Horsleys)

1. A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK380444).
   2. A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST830980).
   3. A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ095665).
   4. A small settlement in Rochester parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY8496).
   5. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Horsley is the 5306 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6565 individuals. Horsley is most common among White (79.91%) and Black/African American (15.05%) individuals.

参照

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Horsley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203.

アナグラム

• Horsely, Shorley, holyers, horsely