Checkley Family History
Checkley Surname Meaning
English (Midlands and Oxfordshire): habitational name from any of various places called Checkley in Cheshire, Herefordshire, and Staffordshire.
The first is named from an Old English personal name Ceaddica + lēah ‘woodland clearing’; the other two have the same second element combined with an Old English personal name Ceacca or Old English ceacce ‘hill’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022