Atherley Family History
Atherley Name Meaning
English (Midlands):: topographic name for someone living ‘at the clearing or meadow’ from Middle English at the(r) lee (Old English æt thǣre lēage). Compare Atlee . variant of Heatherly a variant of Hatherley with loss of initial H-. The surname Atherley is also found in the West Indies (mainly Barbados) Guyana and Panama.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022