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Dearnley

Dearnley proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Dearnley (plural Dearnleys)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Dearnley

pluralDearnleys

Origin of Dearnley

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dierne (“secret, hidden”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to dearn + -ley (“lea”).

Questions about Dearnley

What does Dearnley mean?
Dearnley means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Dearnley?
Dearnley is a proper noun.

Words near Dearnley in the dictionary

  1. dearned
  2. dearness
  3. dearnesses
  4. dearnful
  5. dearning
  6. Dearnley
  7. Dearnleys
  8. dearnly
  9. dearns
  10. dearomatisation
  11. dearomatisations

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