# Hartley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɑːtli/ · frequency rank #17,155

## Definitions
1. A place in England:
2. A place in England:
3. A place in England:
4. A place in England:
5. A place in England:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:
9. A place in the United States:
10. A place in the United States:
11. A place in the United States:
12. A place in the United States:
13. A locality in the Lithgow council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
14. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hart + -ley (“lea”).

## Easily confused with
- **Harvey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hartley-vs-harvey)
- **Hayley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hartley-vs-hayley)
- **hurley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hartley-vs-hurley)
- **Hawley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hartley-vs-hawley)
- **Haley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haley-vs-hartley)
- **hardly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hardly-vs-hartley)
- **Harley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harley-vs-hartley)
- **Harlem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harlem-vs-hartley)
- **Hadley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hadley-vs-hartley)
- **Hanley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-hartley)
- **Hailey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hailey-vs-hartley)
- **Halley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halley-vs-hartley)
- **Handley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handley-vs-hartley)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ahrtley`, `harltey`, `harrtley`, `hartely`, `hartleyy`, `hartlley`, `hartlye`, `harttley`, `hatrley`, `hhartley`, `hratley`

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