# Olney

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,555

## Definitions
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14. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From the dative form of the Old English personal name *Olla + īeġ (“island”).

## Easily confused with
- **one** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olney-vs-one)
- **only** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olney-vs-only)
- **ones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olney-vs-ones)
- **owner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olney-vs-owner)
- **owned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olney-vs-owned)
- **Olsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olney-vs-olsen)
- **Oxley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olney-vs-oxley)
- **Orkney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olney-vs-orkney)
- **ole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ole-vs-olney)
- **obey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/obey-vs-olney)
- **Oleg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oleg-vs-olney)
- **OLED** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oled-vs-olney)
- **olde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olde-vs-olney)
- **okey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/okey-vs-olney)
- **older** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/older-vs-olney)
- **olden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olden-vs-olney)

## Common misspellings (6)
`oleny`, `ollney`, `olneyy`, `olnney`, `olnye`, `onley`

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