# Studley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #97,587

## Definitions
1. A large village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP0763).
2. A small village between Calne and Chippenham in Calne Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9671).
3. An unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Kansas, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Hanover County, Virginia, United States.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English stōd (“enclosure for keeping horses; stud”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stud + -ley (“lea”).

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