Given name & surname

Gresley

“gravel”

Gresley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Gresley goes back to Old English greōsn, meaning “gravel.”

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Where it comes from

Gresley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English greōsn (“gravel”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Grindley

“green”

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Old English

Graveley

“pit, trench”

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Old English

Gedney

“island”

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Old English

Exley

“church”

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Old English

Graveney

“grave; ditch, trench”

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Old English

Grendel

Grendel is a masculine given name from Old English.

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Old English

Greenlaw

“green”

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Old English

Greenham

“green”

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