Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Anglo-Saxon
Other Forms FormsEpperson, Apperly, Apply, Epperley, Eppley, and Epperleigh
Meaning & History
This name is a variant of Apperly. The meaning of Apperly in English is habitational name from Apperley in Deerhurst (Gloucestershire) which derives from Old English apuldor ‘apple-tree’ + lēah ‘open woodland’. possibly also a habitational name from Apperley Bridge in Eccleshill (Yorkshire) or from Apperley Dene.