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We don't have any stats on how common this name is. This is probably because it's very rare in the UK.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Woolley surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) Wold-ley, uncultivated lands, hills without wood.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

WOOLLEY. WOOLEY. Anciently written Wolflege and Wolveley, i. e., AngloSaxonice, ' wulfcs-leag,' a district abounding in wolves — tliename of many localities in Saxon times. See the force of corruption in words, which thus brings, like Pha;drus, the Wolf and the Lamb together. For who Avould suspect, under cover of this fleecy name, the presence of the arch enemy of the fold ? Truly of this surname it may be predicated, that it is a wolf in sheep's clothing !

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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