Lye Family History

Lye Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow, pasture, or patch of arable land, Middle English l(e)ye (late Old English leage, dative of leah ‘wood’, ‘glade’); or a habitational name from Lye in Herefordshire (with the same etymology).French: habitational name from Lye in Indre.French (Lyé): habitational name from places called Lié in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named Lye, Old Norse Lýgi meaning ‘alliance’, ‘covenant’, used to denote a place sanctified by such an agreement, such as a court or council meeting place.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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