(of Norman
origin): nickname for a stealthy person, from Old French pie de
leu ‘wolf’s foot’.
habitational name from Pedley Barton in
East Worlington, Devon, named from an Old English personal name
Pidda + Old English leah ‘(woodland) clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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