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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English

Meaning & History

Habitational surname for a person from Healey near Manchester, derived from Old English heah "high" + leah "wood", "clearing". There are various other places in northern England, such as Northumberland and Yorkshire, with the same name and etymology, and they may also have contributed to the surname.
Added 4/13/2016 by blackmoorbeast21