Given name & surname

Bordley

“board”

Bordley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bordley goes back to Old English bord, meaning “board.”

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Where it comes from

Bordley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English bord (“board”), built from English board + -leigh (“lea”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Similar names

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Old English

Borley

“boar”

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Old English

Bowley

“bow; riverbend”

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Old English

Bottomley

“bottom; abyss”

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Old English

Birchley

“birch”

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Old English

Badley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Barnsley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Bisley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Beesley

“bentgrass”

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Sibling ideas

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