Mickley
village · North Yorkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Mickley likely means 'the large clearing' or 'the large meadow'. It combines an Old English word for 'large' with a term for a clearing or open land.
Word origins
- micel
- Old EnglishAttestedgreat, large(from micel "great, large")
- leah
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing, meadow(from lēah "clearing, meadow")
Historical forms
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