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Riley (given name) Riley is a transferred use of an English surname derived from Old English ryge ‘rye’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. [ 1] [ 2] It is also derived from the Irish surname O'Reilly, [ 3] which originated from the Irish name Raghallach, of unknown meaning. [ 4]
Riley is a surname of English origin, as well as an Anglicized version of an Irish surname. The name has the meaning " rye clearing", or is from one of several placenames, including High Riley in Accrington, Lancashire, and in Devon. [1] [2] In the United Kingdom Census 1881, more than a third of Rileys were in Lancashire; it was most prevalent ...
Reilly (surname) Reilly ( / ˈraɪli /) is an Irish surname (other forms include O'Reilly ), and is derived from the Gaelic Ó Raghallaigh Sept that was based in Counties Cavan and Westmeath. Reilly is among the ten most frequently found surnames in Ireland and although they are very widespread they can be mostly found in the region of the ...
Russo (surname) Russo is a common Southern Italian and Sicilian surname. It is the Southern counterpart of Rossi and comes from a nickname indicating red hair or beard, from russo, russë and russu, from Late Latin russus or rubius, Classical Latin rubeus, "red". [1] [2]
Anderson is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "son of Ander/Andrew" (itself derived from the Greek name "Andreas", meaning "man" or "manly").. In Scotland, the name first appeared in records of the 14th century as "Fitz Andreu" (meaning son of Andrew), and developed in various forms by the Scottish Gaelic patronymic of "MacGhilleAndrais" which means "servant of St. Andrew".
It is derived from the Proto-Germanic name Konrad, from conja meaning "bold" and rad "counsel". [1] It was the name of a 10th-century bishop of Constance, and became popular in post- medieval English, and post- medieval French. It regained popularity in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. [1]
Names. Riley (given name)slay rat; Riley (surname) Places. Riley Park, Vancouver, a neighborhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Riley Creek (Ontario), a tributary of the Black River in Central Ontario, Canada; Riley Green, hamlet in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England; Riley (crater), a crater on Venus; United States
García is the most common surname in Spain (where 3.32% of the population is named García) [13] and also the second most common surname in Mexico. In the 1990 United States Census, Garcia was the 18th most reported surname, accounting for 0.25% of the population. [14] It has become more common since then, jumping to eighth place in 2000.