Given name & surname

Dilley

Dilley is a surname, possibly from Old English.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Dilley possibly comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dilley’s family of names

In English usage, Dilley as a surname has a related form in Dilly.

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Dilley, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Downley

“hill, mountain”

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Old English

Dearnley

“secret, hidden”

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Old English

Diggle

“a powerful ruler”

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Old English

Ilsley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Dibden

“deep”

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Old English

Impey

“shoot, graft, sprig, scion”

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Old English

Highley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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38% boys · 62% girls

Old English

Bisley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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