Pronunciation | /ˈraɪli/ RY-lee |
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Gender | Unisex |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Old English, Irish |
Other names | |
Related names | Reilly, Rileigh, Rylee, Ryleigh, Rylie |
Riley is a transferred use of an English surname derived from Old English ryge ‘rye’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.[1] [2]
It is also derived from the Irish surname O'Reilly, [3] which originated from the Irish name Raghallach, of unknown meaning. [4]
Bardsley
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).