Given name & surname
Thornley
“from the thorny meadow”
Thornley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the thorny meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the thorny meadow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Old English þorn (“thorn, thorny bush”), built from English thorn + -leigh (“lea”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Thornley’s family of names
Thornley has a related form in Thomit. Thornley has a related form in Thornlea. Thornley has a related form in Thornlee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
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