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Marley

//ˈmɑ(ɹ)li// name

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  1. 1
    A hamlet in Kingston parish, Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1850).
  2. 2
    A hamlet in Deal, Kent, England.
  3. 3
    A hamlet in Maidstone, Kent, England.
  4. 4
    A census-designated place in Will County, Illinois, United States.
  5. 5
    An English habitational surname from Old English.
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  1. 6
    A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Murghaile (Morley).
  2. 7
    A male given name transferred from the surname. British
  3. 8
    A female given name transferred from the surname. US

Etymology

From several different places in England, from Old English mære (“boundary”) or myrig (“pleasant”) or mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). In the first case, equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + -ley (“lea”).

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