Gormley
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Ghormley
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormghail (“descendant of Gormghal”), a personal name based on gorm (“blue”) + gal (“valor”).
Proper noun
Gormley (countable and uncountable, plural Gormleys)
- A surname from Irish.
- An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gormley is the 6814th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4949 individuals. Gormley is most common among White (94.52%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gormley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.
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