Mandley: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Some records give Manley; others give Mandley. Both point to the same English family name. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Shared clearing”.

Heraldry and the Mandley name

Arms linked to Manley and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Records show Mandley as one of the forms Manley took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Manly.

The 2010 census count for Mandley in the United States was 386, good for rank 53,538. Mandley sounds close to Mandel, so it can help to search both. Want more than a summary? See the Mandley family name pack.