Coppley Family Crest & Name History

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Coppley usually leads back to Copley. The family name meaning is “Hill clearing”, the same as for Copley.

Coppley adds “p” to Copley, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Arms linked to Copley and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Coppley family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.