The halley Surname
halley Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: habitational name from a place the location of which is disputed. Black gives two Scottish options, the first with no explanation, the second being Halley in Deerness, Orkney. Modern Scottish bearers may well get it from the Irish names (see 3 and 4 below).
- English: in part possibly a habitational name from Hawley in Hampshire, named from Old English heall ‘hall’, ‘large house’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
- Irish (Counties Waterford and Tipperary): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAilche ‘descendant of Ailche’, possibly from the byname Ailchú meaning ‘gentle hound’. In some cases Halley has been used to replace Mulhall.
- Irish (County Clare): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁille ‘descendant of Áille’, apparently from áille ‘beauty’, but possibly a variant of Ó hÁinle (see Hanley).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| any halley | Charles Halley | 17 |
| Halley's in Topsail, Newfoundland, Canada |
 TCantwell2498
| 3 |
| Halley/Holley of WV |
mikefielder66
| 4 |
| HALLEY Lee F 1909-1989 |
t42Moore
| 0 |
| HALLEY'S from KINCARDINE O'NEIL >scotland |
shazsa
| 4 |
| James W. Halley of Carroll Co., MS and Drew Co., AR | Nancy Kuehl | 2 |
| Halley family of Virginia |
holly97123
| 3 |
| Info request on Jesse James Halley and/or Alexander Brice Halley | Rodney Halley | 6 |
| Why is there Halley''s and Holley''s ???????? |
ChristinaWhite74
| 4 |
| Henry Halley - VA | Kim Stephens | 8 |
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