Braidley
hamlet · North Yorkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name means 'broad clearing'. It combines the Old English word for broad with the term for a clearing or meadow.
Word origins
- Braid
- Old EnglishAttestedbroad(from brād "broad, wide")
- ley
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing, meadow(from lēah "woodland clearing, meadow")