Kensley Family History
Kensley Name Meaning
from Kingsley (Hill) in Warbleton (Sussex) recorded as Kentchley Hill in 1840. From the evidence of the surname the place-name probably contains a genitival form of an Old English personal name *Cent + Old English lēah ‘woodland glade or clearing’. occasionally a variant of Kinsley .
Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021