The story
- Old English · derived fromhūs“house”
- English todayHousley
Habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, from Old English hūs (“house”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to house + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhūs all →
househoose
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.