Pulley Family History
Pulley Name Meaning
English: from Middle English Pulleis ‘man from Apulia’ a country in Italy named in the Middle English as Poille Poyle Apuelle. English: habitational name from Pulley in Shropshire. Possibly also an Americanized form of German Puley: from the medieval personal name Pelagius (from Greek pelagos ‘sea’) the name of a Christian martyr.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022