The farley Surname
farley Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from any of various places named Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, and Staffordshire, from Old English as fearn ‘fern’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh, Fairley, Fairlie.
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile (see Farrelly).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Andrew & Rachel (matney) Farley |
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| John P. Farley in TN | Cheryl Kenderdine | 10 |
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| Farley''s of NH | katie Bacon | 3 |
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