Given name & surname

Horley

“meadow”

Horley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Horley goes back to Old English horn, meaning “meadow.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Horley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English horn.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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English · Nature

Horsley

“from the horse meadow”

No U.S. birth series

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Hockley

“from the high meadow”

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Hernley

“from the heron's meadow”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Hookway

“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”

No U.S. birth series

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Halley

“from the hall near the meadow”

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>99% girls

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Thornley

“from the thorny meadow”

No U.S. birth series

78% boys · 22% girls

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Thorney

“thorn-tree”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

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Stockley

“from the meadow of tree stumps”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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