The brailey Surname

brailey Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Brayley Barton in Devon, which is named with the Bray river (a back formation from High Bray, which is from Celtic brez ‘hill’) + Old English leah ‘woodland clearing’.

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The brailey name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the brailey family name as far back in history as possible.

brailey Family Facts

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Distribution of brailey Families in the US in 1920

Number of brailey families

11-20

4-10

1-3

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leroy ernest brailey	james lee brailey	15
Brailey and Atkinson family Book.	frern_j	5
Brailey in Pennsylvania	ZACTAK	0
Theodore Ronald Brailey - 2nd Class Passenger on the Titanic from England	titanic_project	0
Brailey surname	foghorn04455	4
Charles Henry Brailey	Roslyn Brailey West	5
ROBIN BRAILEY-BRAILEY SURNAME	foghorn04455	4
PHINEAS BRAILEY	jenniferfrance1	0
Brailey/Morrison of NH	susiemcvicker29	0
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