Bulley
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (surname): Buley
Etymology[edit]
From Old English bula (“bull”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to bull + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun[edit]
Bulley (countable and uncountable, plural Bulleys)
- A hamlet in Churcham parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7619).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bulley is the 57234th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 356 individuals. Bulley is most common among White (72.19%) and Black/African American (22.19%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bulley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -leigh
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Gloucestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Gloucestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English