Given name & surname

Appley

“lea”

Appley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Appley goes back to a word meaning “lea.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Appley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English æppel, built from English apple + -leigh (“lea”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Appley’s family of names

In English usage, Appley as a surname has a related form in EPPLEY.

Walk Appley’s family in the name graph

AppleyApleyEppley

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

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Similar names

If you love Appley, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Aspley

“aspen”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Akeley

“oak”

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Old English

Utley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Onley

“only, alone”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Yaxley

“cuckoo”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Aldersey

“old” · “army”

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Old English

Exley

“church”

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Old English

Ilsley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Sibling ideas

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