The gurley Surname
gurley Name Meaning and History
- English (Warwickshire): apparently a variant of Gourley or Gorley.
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Gourlé, from Old French gourle ‘money belt’. Its application as a surname is not clear; it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such receptacles, or perhaps a nickname for someone who was tight with his money.
- Alternatively, it may be an Americanized form of German Gerling or Gerlich.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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