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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 ...
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]
Ridley (name) Ridley is a surname and given name that originated from locations in Cheshire, Kent, Northumberland, and Essex counties in England. The name derives from Old English, either hrēod ( reeds) + lēah ( wood or clearing ), or rydde ( cleared land) + lēah. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
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 ...
O'Brien is a surname of Irish origin. It has many variants in the Irish diaspora worldwide, such as Brien, O'Bryan, O'Brian, Brian, O'Brine and O'Bryen which all claim a general common ancestry. The original Gaelic surname is Ó Briain (plural, Uí Briain). Notable people with the name include:
Ramírez is a Spanish-language patronymic surname of Germanic origin, meaning "son of Ramiro". [1] Its correct spelling in Spanish is with an acute accent on the i, which is often omitted in English writing. It is the 28th most common surname in Spain. It is also the 42nd most common surname in the U.S. and the 9th most common in Mexico.
Scott (surname) Scott is a surname of Scottish origin. [1] It is first attributed to Uchtredus filius Scoti who is mentioned in the charter recording the foundation of Holyrood Abbey and Selkirk in 1120, the border Riding clans who settled Peeblesshire in the 10th century and the family lineage of the Duke of Buccleuch.
Look up Category:Surnames in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western cultures, but family names in general), especially articles concerned with one surname. Use template { { Surname }} to populate this category. However, do not use the template on disambiguation pages that ...
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