Onley
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English ān (“only, alone”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun[edit]
Onley (countable and uncountable, plural Onleys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A deserted medieval village in Barby parish, Northamptonshire, England.
- A town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Onley is the 28998th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 819 individuals. Onley is most common among White (53.24%) and Black/African American (40.05%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Onley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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:Ancient settlements
- en:Places in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in Virginia, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English