Ransley

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English lēah →
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Meanings

proper nounRansley (plural Ransleys)

plural Ransleys

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishlēah“woodland clearing, glade”
  2. EnglishRansley

Habitational surname from a lost manor in Penshurst, Kent, which is recorded as Reneslegh in 1292, Ranshlegh in 1435 and Raneleights Heath in 1800. This placename derives from an uncertain first element + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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