The caley Surname
caley Name Meaning and History
- English (of Norman origin): habitational name from places in Eure and Seine-Maritime, France, called Cailly, from a Romano-Gallic personal name Callius + the locative suffix -acum.
- English: habitational name from a minor place called Caley in the parish of Winwick, Lancashire, named with Old English ca ‘jackdaw’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
- Irish: reduced and altered form of McCauley.
- Manx: variant of Callow.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 48 - Messages: 188
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Ada May Louise Caley |
 avidt1
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| Norfolk Caleys | Nancy | 7 |
| Herbert Roland Caley (perhaps Bertram or Bert) Essex |
jimsteepee2
| 1 |
| Richard S. Caley |
mrdeyoung1
| 0 |
| Samuel Caley Family | Shannon | 2 |
| Gary Caley passed away April 19, 2009, in Las Vegas |
NativeWoman702
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| CALEY EDES |
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| CALEY'S /RILEY CO,KANSAS | Diana Truelove | 2 |
| Maud Francis Irene Caley b.1914 Brentford Middlesex |
lesliepotter2
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| John Vern Caley | Diana Truelove | 2 |
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