Submitted Name Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Edit Status Status [show contributorhide contributor] Added 8/8/2020 by AngelM0113 Meaning & History Habitational name from Pooley Bridge in Cumbria, so named from Old English pol ‘pool’ + Old Norse haugr ‘hill’, ‘mound’. topographic name from Middle English pole ‘pool’ + ey ‘low-lying land’ or hey ‘enclosure’