The bromley Surname
bromley Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of the many places called
Bromley, in Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent (now in Greater London),
Greater London, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and elsewhere. Most
are named with Old English brom ‘broom’ + leah
‘woodland clearing’, but Bromley (near Bow) in Greater London is from
Old English bræmbel ‘bramble’ + leah.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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