The story
- Old English · derived fromstiġel“stile; sharp point”
- English todayStickley
Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from either Old English stiġel (“stile; sharp point”), sticol (“high, steep, stickle”) or from a personal name *Sticca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stile + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstiġel all →
stile
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.