# Lumley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,337

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A hamlet near Hermitage, Southbourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7506).

## Etymology
Habitational surname from the villages of Great Lumley and Lumley Thicks, in County Durham, from Old English lumm (“pool”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

## Easily confused with
- **lumpy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lumley-vs-lumpy)
- **lumen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lumen-vs-lumley)
- **lumber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lumber-vs-lumley)
- **Lesley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lesley-vs-lumley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`llumley`, `lmuley`, `lulmey`, `lumely`, `lumleyy`, `lumlley`, `lumlye`, `lummley`, `ulmley`

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