Manley.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SJ5171).
A placename: A number of places in the United States An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
A placename: A number of places in the United States An unincorporated community in Rock County, Minnesota, United States.
A placename: A number of places in the United States A village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States.
A surname A habitational surname from Old English.
A surname A surname from Irish
Where this word comes from
* 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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