# Huxley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhʌksli/ · frequency rank #28,585

## Definitions
1. A placename:
2. A placename:
3. A placename:
4. A placename:
5. A habitational surname from Old English.
6. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name *Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The first element could also be husċ (“insult, scorn, mockery”).

## Easily confused with
- **Huey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huey-vs-huxley)
- **Haley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haley-vs-huxley)
- **Harley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harley-vs-huxley)
- **Hayley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayley-vs-huxley)
- **hurley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurley-vs-huxley)
- **Hadley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hadley-vs-huxley)
- **henley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henley-vs-huxley)
- **Hanley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanley-vs-huxley)
- **hurled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hurled-vs-huxley)
- **Hailey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hailey-vs-huxley)
- **Hawley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawley-vs-huxley)
- **Healey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healey-vs-huxley)
- **Hussey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hussey-vs-huxley)
- **Halley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halley-vs-huxley)
- **Holley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holley-vs-huxley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhuxley`, `hulxey`, `huxely`, `huxleyy`, `huxlley`, `huxlye`, `huxxley`, `hxuley`, `uhxley`

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