Gormley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Ghormley

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormghail (“descendant of Gormghal”), a personal name based on gorm (“blue”) + gal (“valor”).

Proper noun

Gormley (countable and uncountable, plural Gormleys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gormley is the 6814^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4949 individuals. Gormley is most common among White (94.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gormley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.

Anagrams

• glomery