Earnley
village · West Sussex
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Earnley means 'eagle's clearing' or 'eagles' wood'. It suggests a place where eagles were found or a clearing named after them.
Word origins
- Earn
- Old EnglishAttestedeagle(from earn "eagle")
- ley
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing, meadow(from lēah "woodland clearing")
Historical forms
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