The copley Surname
copley Name Meaning and History
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from any of various places
called Copley, for example in County Durham, Staffordshire, and
Yorkshire, from the Old English personal name Coppa (apparently
a byname for a tall man) or from copp ‘hilltop’ +
leah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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