Where Does the Linley Surname Come From?

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Linley, so the heraldry linked to Lindley is a starting point, not an automatic right.

What Linley means

The last name Linley is a variant form of Lindley, an English family name. Read literally, Linley points to “Lime-tree clearing”.

Before spelling was fixed, Lindley was also written Linley. Other spellings include Lindly. In the 2010 US Census, 756 Americans gave Linley as their last name (rank 30,799).

Get the complete Linley report, with a museum-style coat of arms.