Easterly — Family Name, Records and Arms

Behind the Easterly surname stands Easter, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. The family name meaning is “Easter / sheepfold”, the same as for Easter.

• Easterly is built on the same root as Easter, with the ending -ly.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Related forms: Eastar.
• In the 2010 US Census, 2,458 Americans gave Easterly as their last name (rank 12,593).

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Easterly, so the heraldry linked to Easter is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Easterly family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.