# Worsley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈwɜː(ɹ)zli/ · frequency rank #54,576

## Definitions
1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9400).
2. A town in the Shire of Collie, Western Australia.
3. A short river in Western Australia, after which the town is named.
4. A hamlet in Clear Hills County, northern Alberta, Canada.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From either Old English personal name *Weorc, in the genitive case *Weorces + Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“a wood”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”), or else from the feminine personal name *Worcgȳth, genitive singular *Weorcgȳthe + lēah. Also suggested is derivation from Proto-Brythonic *gwor- (“over-, above”) + celli (“grove”), with late Cumbric devoicing being evident in early forms.

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