Given name & surname

Fawley

“yellow, fallow, dun”

Fawley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Fawley goes back to Old English fealu, meaning “yellow, fallow, dun.”

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Where it comes from

Fawley comes from Old English.

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How it developed

From Old English fealu (“yellow, fallow, dun”), built from English fallow + -leigh (“lea”).

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Fawley’s family of names

In English usage, Fawley as a surname has a related form in FALEY.

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Old English

Foxley

“wood, clearing”

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Finkley

“finch”

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Finney

“heap”

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Old English

Fossey

“foot”

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Old English

Appley

“lea”

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Old English

Fazakerley

“border; fringe”

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Aspley

“aspen”

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Old English

Farraway

“journey; passage”

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