Meaning and Origin of: Corley

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Cheerful and generous; feminine form of Carl or Carlisle

Girl name variations

Corliss
Corlee
Corless
Corlie
Corly

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : variant of Curley.
  • English : habitational name from Corley in Warwickshire or Coreley in Shropshire, both named with Old English corna, a metathesized form of crona, genitive plural of cron, cran ‘crane’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.