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Willey

in Rhode Island

There are 20 people with the last name "Willey" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Willey 6,956
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  1. is 6,952nd most common Wayss
  2. is 6,953rd most common Weidele
  3. is 6,954th most common Weindel
  4. is 6,955th most common Westberg
  5. is 6,956th most common Willey
  6. is 6,957th most common Wilmarth
  7. is 6,958th most common Wolfenden
  8. is 6,959th most common Woo
  9. is 6,960th most common Yehle

Most Common First Names for Willey

Aaron, Grafton, Peter, Andrew, Bruce, Eleanor, James, Joshua, Kathleen

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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    Aaron Willey, RI (4 searches)
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