Rowley

R1O1W4L1E1Y4
/ˈɹaʊli//ˈɹəʊli//ˈɹæʊli/

proper noun

A habitational surname from Old English from the English place name.

Less commonScrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A habitational surname from Old English from the English place name.

    In June, the Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he had written to the Home Secretary asking for legislation to make phone companies publish data on stolen devices and whether they are reconnected, and to enforce measures to make stolen devices "unusable bricks".

    2026 September 25, Sonja Jessup, “How 'largest phone smuggling network' was uncovered”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2026, retrieved 25 Sep 2026
  2. A male given name.

    Rowley is technically my best friend, but that is definitely subject to change.

    2007, Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Abrams Books, →ISBN, page 17
  3. A hamlet in Starland County, Alberta, Canada.
  4. A hamlet in Healeyfield parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0847).
  5. A small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9732).
  6. A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3006).
  7. A tiny city in Buchanan County, Iowa.
  8. A town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  9. An unincorporated community in Tooele County, Utah.

Origin

From Old English components ruh (rough, overgrown) + leah (wood, clearing)

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Rowley

holyslowlypolywhollyfoleygoalieunholylowlyravioliguacamolemolyHowleyholeyaioliAnatolibolicannolianolecarnarolicoalydowleEgolifor the love of all that is holyin the name of all that is holy
All rhymes →

Anagrams

loweryWorleyLowreyowleryyowler
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Rowley on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.