Huxley

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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. HUKS-lee

Meaning & History

From the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).