# Hindley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #52,377

## Definitions
1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6204).
2. A hamlet in Stocksfield parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0559).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English hind (“hind, female deer”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hind + -ley (“lea”).

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