Etymology

Greeley

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Today it means: A surname from Old French. Full definition →

Old French greslé
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromgreslé“pitted, scarred”
  2. English todayGreeley

Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).

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