Weobley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Whibley

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Weobba + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛbli/

Proper noun

Weobley (countable and uncountable, plural Weobleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO402865).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Galdikas is the 56985^th most common surname in England, belonging to 45 individuals.

Further reading

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