Etymology

Shockley

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English sċucca
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromsċucca“goblin, evil spirit, demon”
  2. English todayShockley

Probably a habitational surname from the village of Shocklach, in Cheshire, from Old English sċucca (“goblin, evil spirit, demon”) + læcc (“boggy stream”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsċucca all →

shuck

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.