Railey Family History
Railey Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of Swiss German Rölli (see Roelle ). variant of Raile or Reile . English: variant of Raleigh . English: perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Rayleigh (Essex) recorded as Reilee in 1181 and Rayley in 1337. The placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘female roe-deer; wild she-goat’ + lēah ‘open woodland’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022