# Buckley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbʌkli/ · frequency rank #15,766

## Definitions
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7. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to buck + -ley (“lea”).

## Easily confused with
- **bucky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckley-vs-bucky)
- **burley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckley-vs-burley)
- **Burnley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckley-vs-burnley)
- **Buckner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckley-vs-buckner)
- **bucket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucket-vs-buckley)
- **buckle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckle-vs-buckley)
- **Barkley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barkley-vs-buckley)
- **buckeye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckeye-vs-buckley)
- **buckles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckles-vs-buckley)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbuckley`, `bcukley`, `bucckley`, `buckely`, `buckkley`, `buckleyy`, `bucklley`, `bucklye`, `buclkey`, `bukcley`, `ubckley`

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