Ilsley
English
Etymology
Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Ilsley, from the Old English personal name Hild + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun
Ilsley (countable and uncountable, plural Ilsleys)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community, formerly a town, in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States. [1]
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ilsley is the 68547th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 287 individuals. Ilsley is most common among White (95.47%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ilsley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 226.