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Surname Etymology and Meaning of OATLEY

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. habitational name from Oteley in Ellesmere, Shropshire, named with Old English ate ‘oats’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
2. variant of Oakley.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)