# Hanley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,781

## Definitions
1. A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ880480).
2. A civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO668659).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Henley, which shares the same etymology.

## Easily confused with
- **honey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-honey)
- **Harvey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-harvey)
- **Harley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-harley)
- **Hansen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-hansen)
- **Harlem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-harlem)
- **Hayley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-hayley)
- **hurley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-hurley)
- **henley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-henley)
- **Huxley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-huxley)
- **Hawley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-hawley)
- **Healey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-healey)
- **Hanlon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-hanlon)
- **Holley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-holley)
- **Heaney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-heaney)
- **Hartley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-hartley)
- **Hinkley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-hinkley)
- **hale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hanley)
- **handy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handy-vs-hanley)
- **Haley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haley-vs-hanley)
- **Halle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halle-vs-hanley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahnley`, `halney`, `hanely`, `hanleyy`, `hanlley`, `hanlye`, `hannley`, `hhanley`, `hnaley`

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