English Explanatory Dictionary

Talley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6432).

Word forms

Talley Talleys

Etymology

*Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Taithligh (“descendant of Taithleach”), a byname from taithleach (“appeasement, pacification”). *In Wales, from Welsh Talyllychau or Tal y Llychau.

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