Conley
A surname from Irish.
Proper noun
- A surname from Irish.
- John Conley attested, That in the Lords Faulkland, Grandison and Chichester's times, the King's Rents werde collected by Horse-men, who laid upon them till they were paid. - 1683, John Nalson, An Impartial Collection of...
- After she was brutally murdered, Jim Conley, the black janitor at the factory, testified that Frank had killed the girl, then forced Conley to dispose of the body. - 1984 July 1, Leah D. Frank, “Stage: The Trial of Leo...
- A male given name from Irish, transferred from the surname.
Origin
Anglicization of Irish Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach. Doublet of Connolly