Gumley

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Guma, a byname from guma (“man; hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Gumley (countable and uncountable, plural Gumleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP681719).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gumley is the 22402^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 191 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gumley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 101.
• Forebears