Willey

in Maine

There are 465 people with the last name "Willey" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Willey 422
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  1. is 418th most common Dorr
  2. is 419th most common Estes
  3. is 420th most common Myers
  4. is 421st most common Farrington
  5. is 422nd most common Willey
  6. is 423rd most common Drew
  7. is 424th most common Coombs
  8. is 425th most common Grenier
  9. is 426th most common Hodgkins

Most Common First Names for Willey

James, John, Lisa, Arthur, David, Stanley, Charles, Mary, Richard



Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. habitational name from any of various places so named. Those in Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire are named from an Old English wilig ‘willow’ + Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’; one in Devon probably has Old English wīðig ‘willow’ as the first element, while one in Surrey has Old English wēoh ‘(pre-Christian) temple’.
  • 2. variant spelling of Willy 2.
  • FOREBEARS Isaac Willey is recorded in Boston, MA, in 1640, and went on to be one of the founders of New London, CT. His descendent Samuel Hopkins Willey (18211914) was one of the founders of the College of California at Berkeley in 1860.


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