Wadley

English

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Wada or wād (“woad”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Wadley (countable and uncountable, plural Wadleys)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A hamlet in Littleworth parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3096).
   2. A town in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
   3. A city in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wadley is the 8342^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3968 individuals. Wadley is most common among White (53.88%) and Black/African American (39.29%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Dawley, yawled