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Marley

/ˈmɑ(ɹ)li/ · name

Meaning

  1. A hamlet in Deal, Kent, England.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A hamlet in Kingston parish, Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1850).
  4. An English habitational surname from Old English.
  5. A census-designated place in Will County, Illinois, United States.
  6. A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Murghaile (“descendant of Murghal”) (Morley).
  7. A hamlet in Maidstone, Kent, England.
  8. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology / origin

From several different places in England, from Old English mære (“boundary”) or myrig (“pleasant”) or mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). In the first case, equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + -ley (“lea”).

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