Childrey

English

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Cilla or cille (“spring”) + rīþ (“stream, rivulet”).

Proper noun

Childrey (countable and uncountable, plural Childreys)

1. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3687).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Childrey is the 41100^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 530 individuals. Childrey is most common among White (62.45%) and Black/African American (30.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Childrey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327.