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Willey

in Massachusetts

There are 328 people with the last name "Willey" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Willey 2,298
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  1. is 2,294th most common Stapleton
  2. is 2,295th most common Bateman
  3. is 2,296th most common Capobianco
  4. is 2,297th most common Galante
  5. is 2,298th most common Willey
  6. is 2,299th most common Cherry
  7. is 2,300th most common Dineen
  8. is 2,301st most common Duclos
  9. is 2,302nd most common Ennis

Most Common First Names for Willey

Richard, Robert, David, John, Mary, Charles, James, Sarah, Andrew, Chris

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 (1821–1914) was one of the founders of the College of California at Berkeley in 1860.

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    Richard Willey, MA (8 searches)
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