The story
- Old English · derived fromnunne“nun, priestess”
- English todayNunley
Habitational surname from a minor place in Wroxall, Warwickshire, from Old English nunne (“nun, priestess”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to nun + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishnunne all →
nunNunthorpe
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.