Rowley

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Rowley

/ˈɹaʊli/
/ˈɹəʊli/
/ˈɹæʊli/

Rhymes with -aʊli, -əʊli

Where it comes from

From Old English components ruh (rough, overgrown) + leah (wood, clearing)

proper noun

A habitational surname from Old English from the English place name. In June, the Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he had written to the Home Secretary asking for legislation to make phone companies publish data on stolen devices and whether they are reconnected, and to enforce measures to make stolen devices "unusable bricks".
A male given name. Rowley is technically my best friend, but that is definitely subject to change.
A hamlet in Starland County, Alberta, Canada.
A hamlet in Healeyfield parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ0847).
A small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9732).
A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3006).
A tiny city in Buchanan County, Iowa.
A town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.
An unincorporated community in Tooele County, Utah.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: conwy, rodley, rowarth, rowton, romford, royston, ryley, ryland, rotherham, stockley, langridge, rowbotham, woollard, roehampton, berrow, rodney

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"Rowley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rowley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{rowley_2026,
  title = {Rowley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rowley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}