Farly Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Arms linked to Farley and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Family name meaning

Some records give Farley; others give Farly. Both point to the same English family name. The name is generally explained as “Fern clearing”.

Farly drops the “e” of Farley, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Farleigh.

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