The Madeley Family Name

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Madeley is usually a form of Medley. The family name meaning is “From Madeley / middle island”, the same as for Medley.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Medley surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

A variant of Medley

Madeley is listed among the recognised spellings of Medley. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Medly.

Madeley ranked 78,040 in the 2010 US Census, with 245 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames. Get the complete Madeley report, with a museum-style coat of arms.