Given name & surname
Folley
“leafy bower or shelter; clump of trees”
Folley is a surname from Old French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Folley goes back to Old French feuillie, meaning “leafy bower or shelter; clump of trees.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old French feuillie (“leafy bower or shelter; clump of trees”), from Old French folie (“foolishness”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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