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Oxford University Press, "American Family Name Origins"
Lindley
1. English: habitational name from either of two places in West Yorkshire called Lindley, or from Linley in Shropshire and Wiltshire, all named from Old English lîn ‘flax’ + lçah ‘wood’, ‘glade’, with epenthetic -d-, or from another Lindley in West Yorkshire (near Otley), named in Old English as ‘lime wood’, from lind ‘lime tree’ + lçah ‘woodland clearing’.Lindley in Leicestershire probably also has this origin, and is a further possible source of the surname.
2. German: habitational name from places in Bavaria and Hannover called Lindloh, meaning ‘lime grove’, or a topographic name with the same meaning (see Linde + Loh).
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Lindley
1. English: habitational name from either of two places in West Yorkshire called Lindley, or from Linley in Shropshire and Wiltshire, all named from Old English lîn ‘flax’ + lçah ‘wood’, ‘glade’, with epenthetic -d-, or from another Lindley in West Yorkshire (near Otley), named in Old English as ‘lime wood’, from lind ‘lime tree’ + lçah ‘woodland clearing’.Lindley in Leicestershire probably also has this origin, and is a further possible source of the surname.
2. German: habitational name from places in Bavaria and Hannover called Lindloh, meaning ‘lime grove’, or a topographic name with the same meaning (see Linde + Loh).
There are many surnames on answers.com
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