Etymology

Manley

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SJ5171). Full definition →

Old English mæne
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frommæne“common, shared”
  2. English todayManley

* As an English surname, from Old English mæne (“common, shared”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to mean + -ley (“lea”). * Also as an English surname, from the adjective manly (“brave, manly”). * As an Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Máinle (“descendant of Máinle”); see Malley. * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Maonghaile (“descendant of Maonghal”), from maoin (“wealth”) + gal (“valor, fury”).

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