# Yardley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,025

## Definitions
1. A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP124538).
2. A borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English ġerd (“stick, rod”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to yard + -ley (“lea”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`ayrdley`, `yadrley`, `yarddley`, `yardely`, `yardleyy`, `yardlley`, `yardlye`, `yarldey`, `yarrdley`, `yradley`, `yyardley`

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