Meaning & origin
What it means
Wormley goes back to Old English wyrm, meaning “snake.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English wyrm (“snake”), built from English wyrm + -leigh (“lea”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wormley’s family of names
In English usage, Wormley as a surname has a related form in Wormeley.
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Nicknames & forms 1
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