Mickley Family History
Mickley Name Meaning
German: unexplained. Probably also an Americanized form of German Michler or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname. English (Northamptonshire and Essex): habitational name from any of various places so named such as Mickley in Ovingham (Northumberland) Mickley in Dronfield Woodhouse (Derbyshire) Mickley in Azerley (Yorkshire) or a lost Mickley in Headingley (West Yorkshire). Most of the placenames derive from Old English micel ‘large great’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’ though the place in Azerley derives from Old English micel + haga ‘enclosure’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022