Marley
[ˈmɑrli]Meaning
from an English surname taken from a place name meaning "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood"
Background Story
Marley is an English surname that was taken from a place name, whose Old English elements give it the sense of "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood". A famous bearer of the surname was the Jamaican musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).
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