Lampley Family History
Lampley Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): probably a habitational name from Lamplugh in Cumbria from Proto-Welsh llan ‘enclosure church’ + a word related to Middle Cornish blogh ‘bald bare’ or a variant of Lambley a habitational name from Lambley (Nottinghamshire) or Lambley (Northumberland). These placenames derive from Old English lamb ‘lamb’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022