as a boys' name has its root in Old English, and the meaning of the name Willey is "crafty". Willey is a variant form of Wiley (Old English). STARTS/ENDS WITH Wil-, -ley. ASSOCIATED WITH old english, crafty (intelligent)

Where is the last name Willey from?

Last name: Willey

This unusual name recorded in the spellings of Willey, Wiley, Wyley, Wylie, and Wyly, is of English locational origin. It derives from the places so called in the counties of Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Devonshire and Surrey.

Is Willey an Irish name?

Early Origins of the Willey family

The surname Willey was first found in Dumfriesshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris), where the first on record was Donald Wyly, tenant of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, 1376.