The coley Surname
coley Name Meaning and History
- English (West Midlands): nickname for a swarthy person, from Old English colig ‘dark’, ‘black’ (a derivative of col ‘(char)coal’).
- English: possibly a habitational name from Coaley in Gloucestershire, named in Old English as ‘woodland clearing (leah) with a hut or shelter (cofa)’.
- Probably an Americanized form of Swiss German Kohli or Kohler.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| looking for info on Coley's from Pulaski co Georgia. | gary coley | 3 |
| Coley families in NC and VA to AR and TX | Julie Coley | 6 |
| Tennessee Coleys | Mike Coley | 5 |
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| Thomas Cleveland Coley/ Nellie Mccarroll Coley | Coley,Charles T. | 3 |
| I am a Coley from Tennessee!! |
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| Jeff Coley of KY ca. 1910 |
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| COLEY INFORMATION | EDNA | 3 |
| COLEY John D and Minnie T |
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