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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English (British)
Pronounced Pron. RIE-əths-lee(British English) RIEZ-lee(British English) RAWTS-lee(British English) [key·IPA]
Other Forms FormsWrottesley
Meaning & History
Name is of unknown origin, deriving from older Wrotteslega, who were a family that held estates in Staffordshire in the late 1100s. Possibly a combination of wrot "snout" and leah "meadow, cleaning", suggesting it's origin as a pig farm.