Foley

A surname from Irish.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Irish.
    • Melissa Foley clears debris in her neighborhood as the San Lorenzo River rises in Felton on Saturday, January 14. - 2023 January 16, “California’s flooding, in pictures”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar...
  2. A city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Benton County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. A city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.

Origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Foghladha (“descendant of Foghlaidh”), a byname from foghlaí (“plunderer, pillager, marauder, robber”).

Forms

Foleys

Derived

Foley Island Foley Park