Marley
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English
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”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marley
- A hamlet in Kingston parish, Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1850).
- A hamlet in Deal, Kent, England.
- A hamlet in Maidstone, Kent, England.
- A census-designated place in Will County, Illinois, United States.
- An English habitational surname from Old English.
- A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Murghaile (Morley).
- (chiefly British) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- (chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.