Bagly Family Crest & Name History

Behind the Bagly surname stands Bagley, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

The family name meaning is “badger clearing”, the same as for Bagley. Bagly drops the “e” of Bagley, a shortening that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Baguley and Baggaley.

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