Childrey
English
editEtymology
editFrom either the Old English personal name Cilla or cille (“spring”) + rīþ (“stream, rivulet”).
Proper noun
editChildrey (countable and uncountable, plural Childreys)
- A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3687).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Childrey is the 41100th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 530 individuals. Childrey is most common among White (62.45%) and Black/African American (30.38%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Childrey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English