New Post
Search
Help
ArchivesRe: Waverly
in reply to a message by Jeni Schaibley
Hi,
Waverley is of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) origin, as you said, and it is a place-name that became a surname before becoming a first name.
There's a few different versions of the meaning about: 'ley' definitely means 'field' or 'meadow', and most sources suggest that 'waver' has something to do with aspen trees. So, "from the aspen-tree meadow" is probably fairly close.
Hope that helps :-)
Waverley is of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) origin, as you said, and it is a place-name that became a surname before becoming a first name.
There's a few different versions of the meaning about: 'ley' definitely means 'field' or 'meadow', and most sources suggest that 'waver' has something to do with aspen trees. So, "from the aspen-tree meadow" is probably fairly close.
Hope that helps :-)
1