Tetley Family History
Tetley Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire):: habitational name from Tetlow in Manchester. The placename derives from the Old English male personal name Tetta or female Tette + Old English hlāw ‘mound hill’. occasionally a habitational name from Tetley in Crowle (Lincolnshire). The placename derives from the Old English male personal name Tetta or female Tette + Old English lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press