Given name & surname

Badley

“woodland clearing, glade”

Badley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Badley goes back to a word meaning “woodland clearing, glade.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Badley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Badley’s family of names

In English usage, Badley as a surname has a related form in BADDELEY.

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Nicknames & forms 2

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

Similar names

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Old English

Batley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Barnsley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Baguley

“badger”

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Old English

Bordley

“board”

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Old English

Bisley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Beesley

“bentgrass”

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Old English

Betley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Borley

“boar”

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