# Adderley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #84,957

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ661397).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name Ealdred + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

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