Kempley Family History
Kempley Name Meaning
perhaps from Kemplah in Guisborough (NR Yorks) which is recorded as Kempclive in the 13th century and Kempley in 1539. The place-name derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Kempi + Old Scandinavian klif or Old English clif ‘cliff bank’.
Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021