Charley Family History

Charley Name Meaning

Native American (e.g. Navajo): adoption of the English personal name Charley (pet form of Charles ) as a surname. Compare Charlie 1.

English (Warwickshire): habitational name from Charley in Leicestershire or Charley Farm in Stanstead Saint Margaret's in Hertfordshire, named with Celtic carn ‘cairn, pile of stones’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

French: from a pet form of the personal name Charles .

Similar surnames:

Charley,

Charles,

Charlie,

Charnley

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

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