# Fawley

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A small village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3981).
2. A small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU7586).
3. A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4503).
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From either Old English fealu (“yellow, fallow, dun”) or fealh (“fallow land”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to fallow + -ley (“lea”).

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