Last name: HIGLEY

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HIGLEY : This last name is indexed 17,484 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

HIGLEY : English: habitational name from Highley (Shropshire) recorded as Hugelei in 1086 from an Old English personal name Hugga + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The modern form Highley is probably due to folk etymology (see Highley).

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