The bly Surname
bly Name Meaning and History
- English: variant spelling of Bligh.
- German: variant of Blei, Bley, a metonymic occupational name for a lead miner or lead worker, from Middle High German bli ‘lead’.
- Dutch: nickname for a cheerful, happy man, Dutch blij.
- Swedish: possibly German in origin (see 2 above) or a soldier’s name.
- Americanized form of a Norwegian habitational name from a farmstead in Hardanger named Bleie, from a river name from Old Norse bleikr ‘gray’, ‘pale’ + vin ‘meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Lucinda Bly | wendy hersh-ballard | 5 |
| ancestors | wendy hersh-ballard | 25 |
| Trying to find "my" Bly's |
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| David Bly of Chautauqua co NY |
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| David BLY and Hannah (Anna) La Coaste, Morgan ,Bly |
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| Charles S. Bly |
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| BLY/BLIGH FAMILY HISTORY | BILL BLY | 39 |
| Sarah Bly d.1920's Los Angeles |
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| Clark BLY--Vermont>Rensselaer/E. Poestenkill, New York |
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