Given name & surname · also Middle English

Mickley

“big”

Mickley is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Mickley goes back to Old English miċel, meaning “big.”

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Where it comes from

Mickley comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English Mikelhae, from Old English miċel (“big”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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

Old English

Midgley

“midge, gnat, mosquito”

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Old English

Matley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Mowsley

“mouse”

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Old English

Martley

“marten”

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Old English

Mildmay

“mild”

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Old English

Impey

“shoot, graft, sprig, scion”

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Old English

Ilsley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Finkley

“finch”

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Sibling ideas

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