Bowley

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A hamlet in Blakemere parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5452). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English boga (“bow; riverbend”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bow + -ley (“lea”).

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