Given name & surname

Swartley

“black”

Swartley is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Swartley goes back to Old English sweart, meaning “black.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Swartley comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English sweart (“black”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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

Old English

Swartney

“black” · “island”

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Old English

Shackley

“robber, thief”

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Old English

Swartwood

“black”

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Old English

Aspley

“aspen”

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Old English

Appley

“lea”

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Old English

Staveley

“stave”

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Old English

Stapeley

“post, support, stay; pillar”

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Old English

Wortley

“plant, vegetable”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

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