Varley

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Varley is a surname. The surname is either an English surname of Norman origin or an Irish surname of native Irish (Gaelic) origin. In Irish the surname is Mac an Bhearshúiligh (for a man) and Nic an Bhearshúiligh (for a woman)[1] (but also sometimes in Irish it is written as Uí Bhearshúiligh (O'Varley) or Mac / Ní / Uí a Bhearsula or Mac / Ní / Uí an Bhearlaigh.[2]

Varley (Irish: Mac / Ní / Uí Bhearshúiligh)
Language(s)Norman French and Irish Gaelic
Origin
Meaningde Verli (of Verli in Normandy, France) or Mac / Ní / Uí Bhearshúiligh (son / daughter / descendent of) the sharp eyed man.
Region of originWest Yorkshire & Lancashire, England and Galway & Mayo, Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)Varley, Varrilly, Varily, Mac / Ní / Uí Bhearshúiligh, Mac / Ní / Uí an Bhearsuiligh, Mac / Ní / Uí Bhearsuiligh, Mac / Ní / Uí a Bhearsula, Mac / Ní / Uí an Bhearlaigh.

Origins

As a

Norman conquest of England in 1066, over the centuries the original Norman French de Verli or de Verley, came to be written as Varley.[1] It is said that the Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae records that Robert de Verlie, Normandy 1180-95 and Robert de Verli held land in Norfolk in 1086. Hugh and William de Verli held lands in Essex and York and later, Torald[4][circular reference] de Verli gave lands to Salop Abbey, c. 1100.[5] This originally Norman version of the name is overwhelmingly found in West Yorkshire and Lancashire in northern England.[6]

As an

Anglicised variously as Varely, Varily, Varley, Varrilly, Varrelly, Varly, Farley etc. In County Armagh, Mac Giolla Bhearshúiligh was Anglicised as Vallelly and MacIlvallelly. The censuses for England and Wales from 1841 to 1921 show many Varley families were born in Ireland among the majority who were born in England. E.g. in the 1911 census for England and Wales there is a Varley family of 10 all born in County Mayo, Ireland and recorded living in Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Almost all people recorded with the surname Varley in the 1901 and 1911 censuses of Ireland were recorded as being able to speak Irish (and more often than not also English
).

Notable people with the surname Varley

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References

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