Hattersley

English

Etymology

From a short form of hēah dēor (“stag deer”) + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Hattersley (countable and uncountable, plural Hattersleys)

1. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9794).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hattersley is the 70645^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 277 individuals. Hattersley is most common among White (94.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hattersley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141.