Given name & surname
Thorley
“from Thor's meadow”
Thorley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from Thor's meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from Thor's meadow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Old English þorn (“thornbush”), built from English thorn + -leigh (“lea”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
As a given name, Thorley was taken from the surname.
Thorley’s family of names
Thorley has a related form in Thorlea. Thorley has a related form in Thorlee. Thorley has a related form in Thorleigh.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 21
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Thorley
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Thorley, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Thornley
“from the thorny meadow”
78% boys · 22% girls
Hockley
“from the high meadow”
>99% boys
Horsley
“from the horse meadow”
>99% boys
Hernley
“from the heron's meadow”
>99% boys
Stockley
“from the meadow of tree stumps”
>99% boys
Shepley
“from the meadow of sheep”
77% boys · 23% girls
Zurley
“of the sea tide”
>99% boys
Mannley
“from the hero's meadow; from the man's meadow”
>99% boys