Woodley Family History
Woodley Name Meaning
English: from Middle English wodeleie ‘woodland glade or clearing’ (Middle English wode ‘wood’ + leie ‘glade clearing’ Old English wudu + lēah). The surname may be habitational from Woodleigh (Devon) Woodley (Berkshire) or from any of various minor places so named or it may be topographic for a person who lived at or near a woodland clearing.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022