Woolley
hamlet · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Woolley is likely an Old English name meaning 'woolly clearing' or 'clearing where wolves are found'. It could also refer to a clearing associated with a person named Wulf.
Word origins
- Wool-
- Old EnglishAttestedwolf or personal name(from wulf "wolf")
- ey
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing(from ēg "island, dry ground in marsh, clearing")