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Eley
1. English: variant spelling of Ely.
2. German: from a short form of the personal name Eligius (see Loy).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Ely
1. English: habitational name from the cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English ?l ‘eel’ + ge ‘district’.
2. Probably also an Americanized form of German Eley.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
1. English: variant spelling of Ely.
2. German: from a short form of the personal name Eligius (see Loy).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Ely
1. English: habitational name from the cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English ?l ‘eel’ + ge ‘district’.
2. Probably also an Americanized form of German Eley.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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