Willey

in New York

There are 318 people with the last name "Willey" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Willey 5,203
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  1. is 5,199th most common Levenson
  2. is 5,200th most common Linda
  3. is 5,201st most common Pappalardo
  4. is 5,202nd most common Tryon
  5. is 5,203rd most common Willey
  6. is 5,204th most common Barra
  7. is 5,205th most common Candelaria
  8. is 5,206th most common Chisolm
  9. is 5,207th most common Defrancesco

Most Common First Names for Willey

John, David, Robert, Matthew, Richard, William, Charles, Daniel, James, Jeffrey



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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