Conley

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kÉ’nlɪ/

Origin

A variant of Conleth, from Irish Connlaodh, from Old Irish Conláed, and of (O')Connolly, from Irish Ó Conghalaigh or Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach and Conghaile, respectively.

Full definition of Conley

Proper noun

• 1683, w, An Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State, From the Beginning of the Scotch Rebellion in the Year MDCXXXIX To the murther Chapter , John Conley attested, That in the Lords Faulkland, Grandison and Chichester's timesPresumably the three lords are: w:Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland
• 1984, July 1, Leah D. Frank, Stage: The Trial of Leo Frank, After she was brutally murdered, Jim Conley, the black janitor at the factory, testified that w:Leo Frank
1. (rare) .

Related terms

• Conly

Usage notes

Mostly recorded in Ireland and the United States.

Anagrams

• Ceylon