English Explanatory Dictionary

Manley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5171).
  3. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Minnesota, United States.
  5. A village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Manley Manleys

Etymology

* 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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