Hendley Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Henley surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Family name meaning

Hendley is one more way Henley has been written over the centuries. The family name meaning is “High clearing”, the same as for Henley.

Before spelling was fixed, Henley was also written Hendley. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. About 3,473 people in the United States were recorded as Hendley in 2010, placing it 9,366 on the national list. Names that sound alike, such as Hindle, are easily confused in old records.

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