Given name & surname
Kightley
“woodland clearing, glade”
Kightley is a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kightley is a form of Keighley. Keighley goes back to a word meaning “woodland clearing, glade.”
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Where it comes from
Kightley is a form of Keighley. Keighley comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kightley’s family of names
In English usage, Kightley as a surname has a related form in Keighley.
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