Shakerley

• Shackley

From Old English scēacere (“robber, thief”) (from Proto-West Germanic *skākārī) + lēah (“woodland; clearing”).

Shakerley (countable and uncountable, plural Shakerleys)

1. A suburban area near Tyldesley, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6902).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shakerley is the 56985^th most common surname in England, belonging to 45 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shakerley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.