"Westley" meaning in English

See Westley in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Westleys [plural]
Etymology: From Old English west + lēah (“westerly wood or clearing”); in Suffolk recorded as Westlea in 1086 (DB). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|west + lēah||westerly wood or clearing}} Old English west + lēah (“westerly wood or clearing”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Westleys}} Westley (countable and uncountable, plural Westleys)
  1. A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in California, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Westley-en-name-390ObC2d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 2 2 26 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 3 3 29 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 2 2 30 8
  2. A hamlet in Sparsholt parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4231). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Hampshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Hampshire, England
    Sense id: en-Westley-en-name-9nCLMNUu
  3. A hamlet in Westbury parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3606). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Shropshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Shropshire, England
    Sense id: en-Westley-en-name-O~vJoTF~
  4. A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, west of Bury St Edmunds, and previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8264). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Suffolk, England, Villages in England, Villages in Suffolk, England
    Sense id: en-Westley-en-name-WwRGKiGa
  5. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Westley-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Westley Bottom, Westley Waterless

Inflected forms

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