Adderley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Adderly

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ealdred + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Proper noun

Adderley (countable and uncountable, plural Adderleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ661397).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Adderley Green

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Adderley is the 23500^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1081 individuals. Adderley is most common among Black/African American (74.19%) and White (18.69%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Adderley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.