Surname · also French
Mawdesley
“meadow”
Mawdesley is a surname from Anglo-Norman, ultimately from Middle English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mawdesley goes back to Middle English ley, meaning “meadow.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Mawdesley comes from Anglo-Norman, and ultimately from Middle English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mawdesley’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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Mannley
“from the hero's meadow; from the man's meadow”
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Marriner
“of the sea; a seaman; a sailor”
75% boys · 25% girls
Ridgeley
“one who lives at the meadow'sridge”
75% boys · 25% girls
Rishley
“from the untamed meadow”
>99% boys
Gridley
“from the flat meadow”
>99% boys
Wickley
“from the village meadow”
>99% boys
Grimsley
“from the dark meadow”
>99% boys
Horsley
“from the horse meadow”
>99% boys