Farnsley Family History
Farnsley Name Meaning
English: probably a habitational name; there is a Farnsley Farm in Derbyshire or it could perhaps be from any of the three places in Yorkshire named Farnley named in Old English with fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The surname seems to have died out in England.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022