Hurley (surname)

Hurley is an English and Irish surname. It is a habitational name derived from Old English hyrne 'corner' plus leah 'woodland clearing'.[1] In Ireland it may be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó hUrthuile 'descendant of Urthuile', a Munster family of the Dál gCais.[2]

People with the surname

See also

References

  1. "Hurley Name Meaning & Hurley Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. Woulfe, Patrick (1923). "Ó hUrthuile - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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