Gately Family History
Gately Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gatlaoich ‘descendant of Gotlaoch’ a byname composed of the elements got ‘stammering’ + laoch ‘warrior hero’. English (Staffordshire and Lancashire): habitational name either of two places called Gatley in Cheshire and Herefordshire or possibly in some instances from Gateley (Norfolk) so named from Old English gāt ‘goat’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022