Shotley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Shatley, Shetley

Etymology

Recorded as Scoteleia in the Domesday Book, the English village is probably named with Old English Sċott (“Scot, Scottish person”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to Scot +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Proper noun

Shotley (countable and uncountable, plural Shotleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM236351).
   • 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, pages 196-197:

     They send letters entreating him to come, to Shotley, Tattingstone, Witham – as far away as Northamptonshire.

2. An unincorporated community in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shotley is the 473286^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29 individuals.

Further reading

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