# Ackley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #77,379

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.
3. A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.

## Etymology
English habitational surname, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.

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