Weobley

English

Alternative forms

(surname): Whibley

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Weobba + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛbli/

Proper noun

Weobley (countable and uncountable, plural Weobleys)

A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO402865).
A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Galdikas is the 56985^th most common surname in England, belonging to 45 individuals.

Further reading

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

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