The talley Surname
talley Name Meaning and History
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Taithligh ‘descendant of Taithleach’, a byname or personal name meaning ‘peaceable’.
- Possibly an altered spelling of German Tallig, from a short form of a Germanic personal name similar to Dietrich.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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