Brindley
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (surname): Brinley
Etymology
[edit]From Old English berned (“burnt”) + lēah (“woodland, glade, clearing”). Equivalent to burnt + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
[edit]Brindley (countable and uncountable, plural Brindleys)
- A village and civil parish in Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ592534).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brindley is the 12389th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2511 individuals. Brindley is most common among White (95.62%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brindley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228.
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 Cheshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Cheshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English