Rockley Family History
Rockley Name Meaning
chiefly from Rockley in Worsbrough (WR Yorks) and perhaps also from Ruckley (Shrops). The place-names both derive from Old English hrōc ‘rook’ (genitive plural hrōca) + lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’.see Rookley .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016