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Name Paley
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Jewish, Yiddish, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Scripts Палей(Belarusian, Ukrainian)
Other Forms FormsPalei
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Meaning & History
Occupational name for a distiller, derived from an East Slavic word (Russian палить (palitʹ), Ukrainian палити (palyty)) meaning "to burn". A famous bearer was Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley (1865-1929), the morganatic second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia.