The whaley Surname
whaley Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Whaley in Derbyshire, Whalley in
Lancashire, or Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire (formerly in Cheshire). The
first is probably named with Old English wælla ‘spring’,
‘stream’ + leah ‘(woodland) clearing’. The second has as the
first element Old English hwæl ‘round hill’, and the last
has Old English weg ‘path’, ‘road’ as the first element, the
second element in both cases also being leah.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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