as a Last Name
- 54,652
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Hensley
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. probably a habitational name from either of two places in Devon: Hensley in East Worlington, which is named with the Old English personal name Hēahmund + Old English lēah ‘(woodland) clearing’, or Hensleigh in Tiverton, which is named from Old English hengest ‘stallion’ (or the Old English personal name Hengest) + lēah. 2. possibly also a variant of Hemsley.
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 54,652
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Hensley per capita
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