Martley

English

Etymology

From Old English mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Martley (countable and uncountable, plural Martleys)

1. A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7559).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Martley is the 147856^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 151 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Martley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 524.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• maltery