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Surname Etymology and Meaning of COPLEY

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English (Yorkshire): habitational name from any of various places called Copley, for example in County Durham, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire, from the Old English personal name Coppa (apparently a byname for a tall man) or from copp ‘hilltop’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)