Ouseley

English

Alternative forms

• Ousley, Owsley

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Shropshire; the second element is undoubtedly Old English lēah (“clearing, glade”).

Proper noun

Ouseley (plural Ouseleys)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ouseley is the 46955^th most common surname in England, belonging to 61 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ouseley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears