The paisley Surname
paisley Name Meaning and History
Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from a place in
Renfrewshire, now a suburb of Glasgow. It is first recorded in 1157 as
Passeleth, then in 1158 as Paisleth and in 1163 as
Passelet, Passelay; it may be derived from Late Latin
basilica ‘church’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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