BAGGALEY
Baggaley is an English surname that combines the Old English personal name Bacga or Bagga, a word meaning “bag” or “pack”. The suffix -ley is a common element in English place–names denoting a clearing or meadow. Consequently, the name originally described a person who lived near a clearing where bags or packs were made or stored.
The surname also has a clear locational component. Several settlements in England are known as Bagley, in counties such as Berkshire, Somerset, Shropshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. The earliest known reference to a place of this type appears in the Anglo‑Saxon Chronicles of 955, recorded as Baggan Leah. This form is believed to come from the Old English pre‑7th‑century word bacga, meaning a wild animal such as a badger, joined with leah, a wood or clearing. Later, the Domesday Book of 1086 lists entries such as Bagaleia for similar locations, again derived from bacga – in this context believed to mean “badger” – and leah.
The first documentary appearance of Baggaley as a hereditary surname dates to the mid‑13th century. A name such as Henry de Bageleg is recorded in the Shropshire County Rolls of 1272, and Thomas de Baggeleghe appears in the 1327 Sub‑sidy Rolls of Somerset. The earliest surviving spelling is that of Peter de (of) Baggeleg, a witness noted in the Assize Court Rolls of Cheshire in 1260, during the reign of King Henry.
In later centuries, individuals bearing the surname continued to be documented. For instance, Mary, daughter of George and Martha Baggaley, was christened on 29 June 1834 at Harworth, Nottingham. These records illustrate that the surname, rooted in both personal and place‑based origins, has persisted in English records for many centuries.
Typical given names associated with the Baggaley surname
Male
- Andrew
- David
- Eric
- Ian
- James
- John
- Michael
- Paul
- Raymond
- Richard
- Stephen
- Steven
- William
Female
- Dorothy
- Elizabeth
- Helen
- Janet
- Laura
- Le
- Margaret
- Nicola
- Patricia
- Sarah
- Susan
Similar and related surnames
- Backley
- Baclay
- Bacley
- Bagail
- Bagal
- Bagala
- Bagale
- Bagaley
- Bagalley
- Bagalo
- Bagalue
- Bagaly
- Bagel
- Bagga
- Baggallay
- Baggalley
- Baggally
- Baggaly
- Baggarley
- Baggeley
- Baggelley
- Baggelly
- Baggely
- Baggerley
- Baggles
- Baggley
- Baggly
- Baggoley
- Baggreley
- Baggueley
- Baggulay
- Bagguley
- Baggulley
- Bagguly
- Baghall
- Baglay
- Bagle
- Bagles
- Bagley
- Bagly
- Bagoly
- Bagueley
- Baguely
- Bagulay
- Baguley
- Bagulley
- Baguly
- Baigel
- Baigley
- Bakeley
- Bakely
- Bakley
- Baugley
- Beagle
- Beagley
- Beagly
- Beakley
- Beckely
- Beckley
- Beckly
- Becley
- Becoley
- Beegley
- Beekley
- Beekly
- Beggley
- Beggly
- Beglay
- Begley
- Begly
- Beigley
- Bickely
- Bickley
- Bickly
- Biggley
- Bigley
- Bockley
- Bogley
- Bookley
- Bouckley
- Boukley
- Bowkley
- Buckeley
- Buckely
- Bucklay
- Buckley
- Buckly
- Bucley
- Bugley
- Bukley
Related and similar names are generated algorithmically based on the spelling, and may not necessarily share an etymology.
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There are approximately 2,013 people named Baggaley in the UK. That makes it roughly the 4,201st most common surname in Britain. Around 31 in a million people in Britain are named Baggaley.
Famous people named Baggaley
- Sophie Baggaley - Association football goalkeeper
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