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First name origin & meaning:

Irish: Sea tide

First name variations: Hurlee, Hurleigh, Hurly, Hurlea, Hurli, Hurlie

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Irish: variant of Herlihy.
  2. Irish (Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUrthuile ‘descendant of Urthuile’.
  3. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murthuile, ‘descendant of Murthuile’ (see Murley).
  4. English: habitational name from places in Berkshire and Warwickshire so named from Old English hyrne ‘corner’, ‘bend’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

Famous people with this last name: Elizabeth Hurley

This name appears in the following lists: Calendar-Based Names