Bottomly Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Ancestors listed as Bottomly are often found as Bottomley a generation earlier. Taken at its root, Bottomly points to “Clearing in the valley”. Bottomly drops the “e” of Bottomley, a shortening that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Bothamley.

236 Americans were listed as Bottomly in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Bottomly, so the heraldry linked to Bottomley is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Bottomly family name pack.