Given name · also Irish
Auley
Auley is a masculine given name from Old Irish, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Manx.
Original Old NorseÓláfr
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Auley comes from Old Irish, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Manx usage, Auley developed from Óláfr.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Auley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Auley’s family of names
In Manx usage, Auley developed from the Old Norse form Óláfr. In Manx usage, Auley has a related form in AULEE. In Manx usage, Auley has a related form in AULEE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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