The Gormley Last Name

Sharing the Gormley name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Family name meaning

Gormley is an Irish surname. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “grandson of Goirmghialla (blue hostage), Goirmghiolla (blue servant), or Goirmrhleaghach (blue spearman)”.

The 2010 US Census counted 4,949 people named Gormley, ranking it number 6,814 among American surnames.

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