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Gormley

Gormley proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Gormley (countable and uncountable, plural Gormleys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.

Forms of Gormley

pluralGormleys
alternative formGhormley

Origin of Gormley

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormghail (“descendant of Gormghal”), a personal name based on gorm (“blue”) + gal (“valor”).

Questions about Gormley

What does Gormley mean?
Gormley means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Gormley?
Gormley is a proper noun.

Words near Gormley in the dictionary

  1. gorming
  2. gormint
  3. gormless
  4. gormlessly
  5. gormlessness
  6. Gormley
  7. Gormleys
  8. Gormogon
  9. Gormogons
  10. gorms
  11. gormy

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