Farley (name)

Farley is a family name and a given name. As an Irish patronymic surname, the Farley surname is an anglicised form of the Irish patronyms Ó Faircheallaigh ("descendant of Faircheallaigh", meaning "super war") and Ó Fearghail ("descendant of Fearghail", meaning "man of valor"). As a toponymic surname, Farley comes from places with the toponyms Farley, Farleigh, Fairlie or Fairley, deriving from the Old English fearn ("fern") and leah (“woodland clearing”).