Given name & surname
Thurley
“from Thor's meadow”
Thurley is a variant of Thorley. One English interpretation is “from Thor's meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Thurley is a variant of Thorley. One English interpretation is “from Thor's meadow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Thurley is a variant of Thorley. An origin associated with Thorley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thurley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 0 boys · 70 girls
- Most popular year
- 1912
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1912. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 141 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thurley’s family of names
Thurley has a related form in Thorley.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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