Manley Family History
Manley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from places in Devon and Cheshire,
named in Old English as ‘common wood or clearing’, from
(ge)m?ne ‘common’, ‘shared’ + leah ‘woodland
clearing’. The surname is still chiefly found in the regions around
these villages.English: nickname from Middle English
mannly ‘manly’, ‘virile’, ‘brave’ (Old English
mannlic, originally ‘man-like’).Irish (County Cork):
Anglicized form of Ó Máinle (and often pronounced
Mauly), of unexplained origin. Compare Malley.Irish (Connacht and Donegal): shortened Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Maonghaile ‘descendant of Maonghal’, a
personal name derived from words meaning ‘wealth’ and ‘valor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Manley
Name Distribution of Manley Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Manley families
 320 - 638  107 - 319 |
 1 - 106  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Manley families
|
19 - 35 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Manley census records
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Manley Family Origin
Manley Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Manley Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Manley census records
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Military Service by Manley
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