Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Other Forms FormsGreenley, Greenlea Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 5/27/2012 by anonymous Edited 2/18/2016 by mirfak Meaning & History habitational name from any of various minor places, for example in Staffordshire, so named from Old English grene ‘green’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.