Hindley
surname · Latin script
Meaning: person from Hindley near Manchester; from ‘glade frequented by female deer’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈhɪndɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hindley is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
person from Hindley near Manchester; from ‘glade frequented by female deer’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hindley is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Hindley, Lancashire, or Hiendley, West Riding of Yorkshire; first attested Simon de Hindelay 1219 AssY
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
habitational name from a place near Manchester, so named from Old English hind ‘female deer’ -t- leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. EHliHiESRichard de Hindele was a substantial landowner in Lancashire c. 121040. It seems likely that many modem bearers of the name may be descended from him.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, near Manchester, so called from OE hind female deer (see Hind 1) + leah wood, clearing. Var.: Hindeley. Richard de Hindele was a substantial landowner in Lancs, c.i210-40. It seems likely that many modem bearers of the name are descended from him.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Charles Hindleyb. 1796GBBritish politician
- Godfrey C. Hindleyb. 1846GBBritish painter (1846-1933)
- Frank Hindleyb. 1915GBBritish association football player (1915-2003)
- J. Roger Hindleyb. 1938GBBritish logician
- Myra Hindleyb. 1942GBBritish murderer (1942–2002)
- Peter Hindleyb. 1944GBEnglish footballer (born 1944)
- Gary Hindleyb. 1947USAmerican soccer player-coach
- Richard Hindleyb. 1975GBEnglish cricketer (born 1975)
- Rachel Hindleyb. 1981NZbadminton player
- Jai Hindleyb. 1996AUAustralian cyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 611 | #38,939 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 544 | #38,263 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 494 | #43,651 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 24 | #75,515 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 24 | #73,510 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 10 | #56,922 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 5 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 5 | #198,442 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #222,356 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 4 | #61,985 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 4 | #73,678 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hindley mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Hindley near Manchester; from ‘glade frequented by female deer’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Hindley?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhɪndɫi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Hindley have the most bearers?
- Hindley is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hindley”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.