Sedgley

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Seċġ, a byname from seċġ (“man, hero”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Sedgley (countable and uncountable, plural Sedgleys)

1. A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sedgley is the 95115^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 192 individuals. Sedgley is most common among White (97.4%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sedgley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.