Farley (name)

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