Given name & surname

Lumley

“pool”

Lumley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Lumley goes back to Old English lumm, meaning “pool.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Lumley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English lumm (“pool”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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

Old English

Loosley

“clearing with a pigsty”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Leftley

Leftley is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Utley

“woodland clearing, glade”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Livesey

“island”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Gumley

“clearing of a man named Godmund”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Ludlam

“loud, noisy”

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Old English

Nunley

“nun, priestess”

No U.S. birth series

80% boys · 20% girls

Old English

Luckham

“homestead”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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