Given name & surname

Grindley

“green”

Grindley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Grindley goes back to Old English grēne, meaning “green.”

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Where it comes from

Grindley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English grēne (“green”), built from English green + -leigh (“lea”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Gresley

“gravel”

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Old English

Graveley

“pit, trench”

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Old English

Graveney

“grave; ditch, trench”

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Old English

Ilsley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Impey

“shoot, graft, sprig, scion”

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Old English

Hindley

“hind, female deer”

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Old English

Grinstead

“green”

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Old English

Godley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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