Easley Family History
Easley Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Eisele . Compare Isley . English: variant of Eastley a topographic name from Middle English est ‘east’ + lei(e) ‘open land clearing’ (Old English ēast + lēah) for someone who lived ‘at the east clearing’ or from a place so named such as Eastleigh (Hampshire) Eastleigh in Westleigh (Devon) or Eastley Farm and Copse in Leckhampstead (Berkshire).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022