Wraley Family History

Wraley Name Meaning

English (northern): habitational name from Whalley (Lancashire) or Whaley in Bolsover (Derbyshire). The Lancashire placename may derive from Old English hwæl ‘hill’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. The Derbyshire placename may derive from Old English wall ‘wall’, walh ‘Welshman, foreigner’ (genitive plural wala), or wælla ‘well, spring, stream’ + lēah.

Similar surnames:

Wraley,

Walley,

Wally,

Whalley

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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