The fawley Surname
fawley Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of various places named Fawley,
in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire. The first is probably so
named from Old English as fealu ‘fallow’ (probably used in the
sense ‘fallow deer’) + leah ‘woodland clearing’, while the
last two are from either Old English fealu ‘fallow-colored’ or
fealg ‘plowed land’ + leah.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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