Greeley
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Grealey
Etymology
Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).
Proper noun
Greeley (countable and uncountable, plural Greeleys)
- A surname from Old French.
- A city, the county seat of Weld County, Colorado, United States.
- A small city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States.
- A small city in Anderson County, Kansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States.
- A village, the county seat of Greeley County, Nebraska, United States. Its full name is Greeley Center.
- A town in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Greeley is the 7796th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4246 individuals. Greeley is most common among White (91.92%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Greeley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79.
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