Boy name origins & meanings
- Middle English : A ford
- English : Ford meadow
How Popular Is The Name Wadley
Family name origins & meanings
- English : habitational name from a place in Berkshire named Wadley, from Old English wād ‘woad’ or the personal name Wada + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Wadley in Northumberland, which has the same derivation, appears not to have contributed significantly to the modern surname.