Given name & surname
Nunley
“nun, priestess”
Nunley is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nunley goes back to Old English nunne, meaning “nun, priestess.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English nunne (“nun, priestess”), built from English nun + -leigh (“lea”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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