Given name & surname
Cauley
“a righteous man; a relic”
Cauley is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “a righteous man; a relic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “a righteous man; a relic.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
Cauley’s family of names
Cauley has a related form in Caulea. Cauley has a related form in Caulee. Cauley has a related form in Cauleigh.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Caulleylikely variant
- Cawlievariant
- Cawlivariant
- Cawleavariant
- Cawleevariant
- Cawleighvariant
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People named Cauley
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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