Eveleigh
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Eveleth
Etymology
Habitational surname from a lost place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Ifa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun
Eveleigh (countable and uncountable, plural Eveleighs)
- A surname from Old English.
- An inner suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Eveleigh is the 73215th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 265 individuals. Eveleigh is most common among White (93.58%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eveleigh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 540.