# Shotley

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM236351).
2. An unincorporated community in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Recorded as Scoteleia in the Domesday Book, the English village is probably named with Old English Sċott (“Scot, Scottish person”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to Scot + -ley (“lea”).

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