Submitted Surname Revision History

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12/2/2021, 2:14 PM Frollein Gladys 113971 merge 2 names
12/2/2021, 2:14 PM Frollein Gladys 380443 move from given name to surname
9/9/2021, 2:40 PM ShioTanbo1 380443 initial state of 380443
12/18/2013, 4:34 PM Frollein Gladys 113971
6/20/2011, 1:27 PM Mike C 113971
12/2/2007, 10:11 AM MysticSong 113971 initial state of 113971

Name Ackley
Type Surname
Usage English
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

From an Old English surname: a place name which meant "Oak meadow". A variation of this is: "dwells at the oak tree meadow".


Etymology for first half of name:
Oak - Old English ac. From Germanic *aik-. Cognate with Old Frisian ēk, Old Saxon ēk (Dutch eik), Old High German eih (German Eiche), Old Norse eik (Swedish ek).

Noun
āc f. (plural ǣċ)

1. oak (wood or tree)
2. (poetic) an oaken ship
3. The runic character ᚪ (/a/)


Etymology for second half of name:
Lea, Old English lēah (meaning 'meadow') --

Meadow: Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd, from Germanic *mǣdwon, from Proto-Indo-European *metwa- (*me-, ‘mow’).
Added 12/2/2007 by MysticSong