The burley Surname
burley Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Hampshire, Rutland, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire, named Burley from Old English burh ‘fortified manor’, ‘stronghold’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
- Americanized spelling of Swiss German Bürli, from a diminutive of bur ‘peasant’, ‘farmer’ (see Bauer).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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