Hemsley Family History
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Hemsley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places in North Yorkshire called Helmsley. The names are of different etymologies: the one near Rievaulx Abbey is from the Old English personal name Helm + Old English leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, whereas Upper Helmsley, near York, is from the Old English personal name Hemele + Old English eg ‘island’, and had the form Hemelsey till at least the 14th century.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Hensley, Hesley, Heasley, Healey, Chesley, Hansley, Heatley, Emley