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Le Gresley Family History

Le Gresley Surname Meaning

Either from Old French le greslet ‘the one marked as by hail’ i.e. pitted or pock-marked or Old French le greslet le gresli ‘the thin or slim (one)’.

Compare English Greasley (2).

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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