# Abney

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #71,255

## Definitions
1. A village in Abney and Abney Grange parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK194792).
2. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Abba + īeġ (“island”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abney