The story
- Old English · derived fromboga“bow; riverbend”
- English todayBowley
From Old English boga (“bow; riverbend”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bow + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishboga all →
bowBowdenbowesBoylestone
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.