Hawly Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

There is no single Hawly family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

What Hawly means

Hawly is one more way Hawley has been written over the centuries. The family name meaning is “clearing in a nook”, the same as for Hawley.

Without the “e” of Hawley, Hawly is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. You may also find the name written Howley and Hawleigh.

Get the complete Hawly report, with a museum-style coat of arms.