Given name & surname

Overley

“higher”

Overley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Overley goes back to Old English uferra, meaning “higher.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Overley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English uferra (“higher”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Osterley

“sheep barn”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Onley

“only, alone”

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Old English

Akeley

“oak”

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Old English

Aldersey

“old” · “army”

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Old English

Yearsley

“wild boar” · “woodland clearing, glade”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Womersley

“clearing, glade”

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Old English

Towneley

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Bottomley

“bottom; abyss”

No U.S. birth series

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