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Marley.

A hamlet in Kingston parish, Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1850).

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name/ˈmɑ(ɹ)li/
  1. A hamlet in Kingston parish, Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1850).

  2. A hamlet in Deal, Kent, England.

  3. A hamlet in Maidstone, Kent, England.

  4. A census-designated place in Will County, Illinois, United States.

  5. An English habitational surname from Old English.

  6. A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Murghaile (“descendant of Murghal”) (Morley).

  7. A male given name transferred from the surname.

    UK
  8. A female given name transferred from the surname.

    US
Where this word comes from

From several different places in England, from Old English mære (“boundary”) or myrig (“pleasant”) or mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). In the first case, equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + -ley (“lea”).

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