Marley

Meanings

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

Etymology

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”).