Buckley

B3U1C3K5L1E1Y4
/ˈbʌkli/

proper noun

A suburban area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9015).

OriginOld English bucca →
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Meanings

proper nounBuckley (countable and uncountable, plural Buckleys)

plural Buckleys

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA suburban area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9015).
    2. countableuncountableA town and community with a town council in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2864).
    3. countableuncountableA locality in Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.
    4. countableuncountableA village in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.
    5. countableuncountableA village in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
    6. countableuncountableA city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

    Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).

    2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025

Origin

  1. Old Englishbucca“he-goat”
  2. EnglishBuckley

From Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to buck + -ley (“lea”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Buckley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buckley

MLA

“Buckley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buckley. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Buckley,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buckley.

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