Given name & surname

Onley

“only, alone”

Onley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Onley goes back to Old English ān, meaning “only, alone.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Onley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English ān (“only, alone”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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

Old English

Overley

“higher”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Osterley

“sheep barn”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Utley

“woodland clearing, glade”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Appley

“lea”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Aspley

“aspen”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Exley

“church”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Ilsley

“woodland clearing, glade”

No U.S. birth series

—

Old English

Downley

“hill, mountain”

No U.S. birth series

—

Sibling ideas

Names that share Onley’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Onley

A sister for Onley