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Type Surname
Usage English (American)
Other Forms FormsHanley, Manley, Henley, Halley, Harley, Hadley, Hawley, Hansley, Hatley, Hendley, Hunley, Handley, Hensley, Hanley, Bunkley, Hindsley, Headley,Hurley, Henley, Buley, Hulley, Hunsley, Huxley, Hundley
Meaning & History
English: variant of Hundley, which also has English origins (Worcestershire and Herefordshire): possibly a variant of Huntley or a habitational name from a lost Hundley, and Hanley.Hanley origins - a shortened form of O'Hanley an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁinle ‘descendant of Áinle’; a personal name meaning ‘champion’.
This is the name of a former ruling family in Connacht, and is now common throughout southern Ireland.
English: habitational name from any of the many places called Handley (Cheshire Derbyshire Dorset Northamptonshire) or Hanley (Staffordshire Worcestershire) named with Old English hēan the weak dative form (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
This is the name of a former ruling family in Connacht, and is now common throughout southern Ireland.
English: habitational name from any of the many places called Handley (Cheshire Derbyshire Dorset Northamptonshire) or Hanley (Staffordshire Worcestershire) named with Old English hēan the weak dative form (originally used after a preposition and article) of hēah ‘high’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.