Surnames Matching Pattern *ley

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Ainsley Scottish
From a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Ashley English
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many places in England that bear this name. The place name itself is derived from Old English æsc "ash tree" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Audley English
From a place name meaning "Ealdgyð's clearing" in Old English.

Bagley English
From various English place names, derived from the Old English given name Bacga combined with leah "woodland, clearing".

Bailey English
From Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", which comes via Old French from Latin baiulus "porter".

Bardsley English
From the name a village near Manchester, from the Old English given name Beornræd and leah "woodland, clearing".

Beasley English
From the name of a place in Lancashire, from Old English beos "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Bentley English
From a place name derived from Old English beonet "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing". Various towns in England bear this name.

Beverley English
From the name of an English city, derived from Old English beofor "beaver" and (possibly) licc "stream".

Blakeley English
From name of various English places, derived from Old English blæc "black" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Blakesley English
From the name of a town in Northamptonshire, itself meaning "Blæcwulf's meadow" in Old English. Blæcwulf is a byname meaning "black wolf".

Bradley English
From a common English place name, derived from brad "broad" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Brantley German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Brändle.

Brierley English
From an English place name, derived from brer "briar" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Briley English
Possibly a variant of Brierley.

Brinley English
Possibly from English places named Brindley, derived from Old English berned "burned" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Buckley 1 English
From an English place name derived from bucc "buck, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Buckley 2 Irish
From Irish Ó Buachalla meaning "descendant of Buachaill", a nickname meaning "cowherd, servant".

Crawley English
From various place names derived from Old English crawe "crow" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Crowley 1 Irish
From the Irish name Ó Cruadhlaoich meaning "descendant of Cruadhlaoch", a given name meaning "hardy hero".

Crowley 2 English
Variant of Crawley.

Daley Irish
Variant of Daly.

Dudley English
From a place name meaning "Dudda's clearing" in Old English. The surname was borne by a British noble family.

Finley Scottish
Anglicized (typically American) form of MacFhionnlaigh.

Foley Irish
From Irish Ó Foghladha meaning "descendant of Foghlaidh". The byname Foghlaidh meant "pirate, marauder, plunderer".

Hailey English
Variant of Haley.

Haley English
From the name of an English town meaning "hay clearing", from Old English heg "hay" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Hanley English
From various English place names meaning "high meadow" in Old English.

Harley English
Derived from a place name meaning "hare clearing", from Old English hara "hare" or hær "rock, heap of stones" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Hartley English
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in England named Hartley, from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Hayley English
Variant of Haley.

Headley English
From place names meaning "heather clearing" in Old English.

Hedley English
Variant of Headley.

Huxley English
From the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).

Keeley Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caolaidhe meaning "descendant of Caoladhe", a given name derived from caol "slender".

Keighley English
Derived from an English place name meaning "clearing belonging to Cyhha". The Old English given name Cyhha is of unknown meaning.

Kelley Irish
Variant of Kelly 1.

Kimberley English
From various English places called Kimberley. They mean either "Cyneburga's field", "Cynebald's field" or "Cynemær's field".

Kingsley English
From a place name meaning "king's clearing" in Old English.

Kinley Scottish
Anglicized form of MacFhionnlaigh.

Kinsley English
From the name of a town in West Yorkshire, meaning "clearing belonging to Cyne". The Old English given name Cyne is a short form of longer names beginning with cyne meaning "royal".

Langley 1 English
From any of the various places with this name, all derived from Old English lang "long" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Langley 2 French (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Langlais.

Lesley Scottish
Variant of Leslie.

Macauley Irish, Scottish
Variant of McCauley.

Malley Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Máille.

Marley English
Originally denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places in Britain called Marley, ultimately meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. One of the main characters in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) bears this surname. It was also borne by the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).

McCauley Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh or Mac Amhalghadha meaning "son of Amhalghaidh". The given name Amhalghaidh, from Old Irish Amalgaid, is of uncertain meaning.

McKinley Scottish
Anglicized form of MacFhionnlaigh. This name was borne by the American president William McKinley (1843-1901), who was assassinated.

Midgley English
From the English village of Midgley in West Yorkshire, meaning "midge (insect) wood" in Old English.

Morley English
From the name of various English towns, from Old English mor "moor, bog" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Oakley English
From a place name meaning "oak clearing" in Old English. It was borne by American sharpshooter Annie Oakley (1860-1926).

O'Malley Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Máille.

Paisley Scottish
From the name of a town near Glasgow, which may ultimately be derived from Latin basilica "church".

Pelley French (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Pellé.

Polley English
From Old French poli meaning "polite, courteous".

Presley English
Variant of Priestley. This name was borne by musician Elvis Presley (1935-1977).

Pressley English
Variant of Priestley.

Priestley English
From a place name meaning "priest clearing", from Old English preost and leah.

Quickley 1 English
Variant of Quick.

Quickley 2 Irish
Variant of Quigley.

Quigley Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".

Ridley English
Denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places of this name in England. The places are derived from Old English hreod "reed" or ryddan "to strip, to clear" combined with leah "woodland, clearing".

Riley 1 English
From the name of the town of Ryley in Lancashire, derived from Old English ryge "rye" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Riley 2 Irish
Variant of Reilly.

Ripley English
From the name of various English towns, from Old English rippel "grove, thicket" and leah "woodland, clearing". A notable fictional bearer is the character Ellen Ripley from the movie Alien (1979) and its sequels.

Ryley English
Variant of Riley 1.

Shirley English
From an English place name, derived from Old English scir "bright" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Smedley English
From an unidentified place name probably meaning "smooth clearing" in Old English.

Stanley English
From various place names meaning "stone clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer was the British-American explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904).

Tenley English
Possibly from the name of an English town derived from Old English tind "point" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Thorley English
From any of the various places in England called Thornley or Thorley, meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.

Varley English
Originally denoted a person from Verly, France, itself derived from the Roman name Virilius.

Walmsley English
Originally denoted a person from the English town of Walmersley.

Weasley Literature
Used by J. K. Rowling for the character of Ron Weasley (and other members of his family) in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997. Rowling presumably derived it from the English word weasel, perhaps in combination with the common place name/surname suffix -ley, which is derived from Old English leah meaning "woodland, clearing".

Wembley English
From the name of a town, now part of Greater London, meaning "Wemba's clearing" in Old English.

Wesley English
Variant of Westley.

Westley English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English west "west" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Wheatley English
From any of the various places in England with this name, meaning "wheat clearing" in Old English.

Wiley English
From any of the various English towns named Willey or from the River Wylye.

Willey English
Variant of Wiley.

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