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Thornley

Masculine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Thorn tree

Boy name variations

Thorne
Thorn
Thorndyke
Thornton

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (mainly Lancashire) : habitational name from Thornley in Lancashire, so named from Old English þorn ‘thorn bush’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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