Caley Family History
Caley Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places called Cailly in Eure and Seine-Maritime France derived from a Gallo-Roman personal name Callius + the locative suffix -acum. English: variant of Callow or of Cayley the latter a habitational name from a minor place called Caley in the parish of Winwick Lancashire named with Old English cā ‘jackdaw’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Manx: shortened form of Gaelic Mac Caollaidhe ‘son of Caolladhe’. The personal name is from Gaelic caol ‘slender’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022