Last name: FEARNLEY
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FEARNLEY : This last name is indexed 19,596 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
FEARNLEY : 1: English (Yorkshire): from any of various places called with Old English fearn ‘fern bracken’ + lēah ‘wood clearing’ notably the Yorkshire places Farnley near Otley Farnley near Armley Farnley Tyas Fearnley in Wyke Fernley Hill in Altofts and perhaps also Fernilee in Derbyshire.2: English: variant of Farley.
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