Släkthistoria för Rodley
Rodley Vad efternamn betyder
chiefly from Rodley in Leeds (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Rotholflay Roʒolflay in about 1260 but sometimes from Rodley in Westbury on Severn (Gloucs) which is recorded as Rodele in 1086 and Redleg(a) Redley(e) Redlei(a) from 1100–1292 or perhaps from Rodley Farm in Lydney (Gloucs). The WR Yorks place-name derives from the Old English personal name Hrōðwulf or the Old Scandinavian personal name Hróðúlfr + Old English lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’. The Gloucs place-names derive from Old English hrēod ‘reed’ + lēah.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
