Senley Family History
Senley Name Meaning
from either of two places called Shenley (Bucks Herts). The Bucks place-name is recorded as Schenlega in 1182 and the Herts place-name is recorded as Scenlai in 1086. The place-names derive from Old English scēne ‘bright beautiful’ + lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016