Given name & surname · also German

Bley

“lead”

Bley is a surname from German, ultimately from Old High German.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bley goes back to Middle High German bli, meaning “lead.”

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Where it comes from

Bley comes from German, and ultimately from Old High German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle High German bli (“lead”), from Old High German blio.

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