The pulley Surname
pulley Name Meaning and History
- English: from Middle English Pulleis ‘man from Apulia’ (in Italy) (Middle English Poille, Poyle, Apuelle).
- English: habitational name from Pulley in Shropshire.
- German (of Slavic origin): from a personal name formed with Old Slavic bolij ‘more’, or a variant of Puley, from the medieval name of a Christian martyr Pelagius (from Greek pelagos ‘sea’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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