Childrey
village · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Childrey likely means 'the clearing of Cīda's people'. The first element is a personal name, Cīda, and the second, 'lēah', signifies a woodland clearing or meadow.
Word origins
- Child
- Old Englishpersonal name Cīda(from Cīda "personal name")
- rey
- Old EnglishAttestedwoodland clearing(from lēah "woodland clearing, meadow")
Historical forms
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