Farley (name)
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Meaning | Irish patronymic or English toponymic surname |
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Variant form(s) | Farleigh, Fairley, Fairlie |
Farley is a family name and a given name of various Irish and English origins. As an Irish patronymic surname, Farley is an anglicised form of the Old Irish patronyms Ó Faircheallaigh ("descendant of Faircheallaigh", a personal name meaning "super war")[1] or Ó Fearghail ("descendant of Fearghail", meaning "man of valor").[2] As an English toponymic surname, Farley comes from places with the toponyms Farleigh, Fairley or Farley, deriving from the Old English fearn ("fern") and leah (“woodland”).
People with the family name
[edit]In public service
[edit]- Abraham Farley (1712–1791), English official, Chamberlain of the Exchequer
- Albert Farley Heard (1833–1890), American diplomat, Founder of HSBC
- Allen Farley (born 1951), American politician, Alabama House of Representatives
- Bruce A. Farley (born 1943), American politician, Illinois House of Representatives
- Ephraim Wilder Farley (1817–1880), American politician, U.S. House of Representatives
- Sir Edwin Wood Thorp Farley (1864–1939), English politician, Mayor of Dover, Kent
- Frances Farley (1923–2004), American politician, Utah State Senate
- Frank S. Farley (1901–1977), American politician, New Jersey State Senate
- Graham Farley (1933–2019), Australian colonel, 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
- Hugh Farley (born 1932), American politician, New York State Senate
- James Aloysius Farley (1888–1976), American politician, U.S. Postmaster General
- James Indus Farley (1871–1948), American politician, U.S. House of Representatives
- James Lewis Farley (1823–1885), Irish diplomat, Consul for the Ottoman Empire
- James T. Farley (1829–1886), American politician, U.S. Senate
- Jesse Farley Dyer (1877–1955), American marine, Medal of Honor
- John Farley (1440–1490), English politician, MP for Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Farley (pilot) (1933–2018), English aviator, Order of the British Empire
- John H. Farley (1846–1922), American politician, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
- John J. Farley III (born c. 1942), American judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
- Joseph F. Farley (1889–1974), American admiral, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
- Kai G. Farley (born 1973), Liberian politician, Superintendent of Grand Gedeh
- Leo J. Farley (1926–1984), American politician, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
- Louis Farley (1860-1930), American politician, Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts
- Michael Farley (1719–1789), American politician, Massachusetts Provincial Congress
- Michael F. Farley (1863–1921), American politician, U.S. House of Representatives
- Nancy Farley Wood (1903–2003), American physicist, Manhattan Project, NASA
- Patricia Farley (born 1974), American politician, Nevada State Senate
- Reginald Farley (born 1961), Barbadian politician, President of the Senate of Barbados
- Reuben Farley (1826–1899), English politician, Mayor of West Bromwich, Sandwell
- Rick Farley (1952–2006), Australian politician, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
- Roy Farley (1923–1994), American colonel, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Rusty Farley (1953–2011), American politician, Oklahoma House of Representatives
- Steve Farley (born 1962), American politician, Arizona State Senate
- Thomas Farley (physician) (born c. 1955), American doctor, New York City Health Commissioner
- Thomas T. Farley (1934–2010), American politician, Colorado House of Representatives
- Tricia Farley-Bouvier (born c. 1965), American politician, Massachusetts House of Representatives
- William Wallace Farley (1874–1952), American politician, Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee
- William Farley (Medal of Honor) (1835–1864), American sailor, Union Navy, Medal of Honor
Miscellaneous
[edit]- Alec Farley (1925–2010), English footballer, English Football League
- Caleb Farley (born 1998), American footballer, National Football League
- Carole Farley (born c. 1955), American soprano, New York Metropolitan Opera
- Charles Farley (1771–1859), English actor, Covent Garden Theatre
- Chris Farley (1964–1997), American comedian, Saturday Night Live
- Christopher John Farley (born 1966), American journalist, The Wall Street Journal
- David Farley (born c. 1971), American journalist, The Wall Street Journal
- Dick Farley (born 1946), American footballer, College Football Hall of Fame
- Donald T. Farley (1933–2018), American professor, Cornell University
- Francis Farley (1920–2018), English physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society
- Harriet Farley (1812–1907), American abolitionist, Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
- Homa Vafaie Farley, Iranian-born potter and ceramist
- James Farley (actor) (1882–1947), American actor, Desert Law, The King of Kings
- Jim Farley (businessman) (born 1962), American businessman, CEO of the Ford Motor Company
- Jennifer Farley (born 1986), American actress known as JWoww, Jersey Shore
- Jerry Farley (born 1946), American professor, President of Washburn University
- John Murphy Farley (1842–1918), American cardinal, Archbishop of New York
- John P. Farley (born 1968), American actor, Second City Theatre
- John W. Farley (1948-2022), American professor, University of Nevada
- Katherine Farley (born c. 1950), American architect, Managing Director of Tishman Speyer
- Kenneth Farley (born 1964), American professor, California Institute of Technology
- Kevin Farley (born 1965), American actor, Second City Theatre
- Lawrence Farley (1856–1910), American baseballer, Major League Baseball
- Lilias Farley (1907–1989), Canadian painter, Canadian Centennial Medal
- Margaret A. Farley (born 1935), American professor, Yale University
- Marianne Farley (born c. 1979), Canadian actress, This Life, Imaginaerum
- Morgan Farley (1898–1988), American actor, Mercury Theatre on the Air
- Matthias Farley (born 1992), American footballer, National Football League
- Paul Farley (born 1965), English professor, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Patrick Farley (born c. 1978), American designer, pioneer of webcomics
- Roland Bo Farley (1907–1999), American footballer, East Carolina Pirates
- Silas Farley (born c. 1995), American dancer, New York City Ballet
- Terri Farley (born c. 1966), American author, The Phantom Stallion
- Thomas W. Farley (born 1975), American financier, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
- Tim Farley (born 1962), American programmer, James Randi Educational Foundation
- Walter Farley (1915–1989), American author, The Black Stallion, The Black Stallion Returns
- William F. Farley (born 1942), American financier, Owner of Chicago White Sox
People with the given name
[edit]- Farley Drew Caminetti (1886–1945), American criminal, Caminetti v. United States
- Farley Flex (born c. 1962), British musician, Canadian Idol
- Farley Granger (1925–2011), American actor, Strangers on a Train
- Farley Katz (born 1984), American humorist, The New Yorker
- John Farley Leith (1808–1887), English politician, Member of Parliament
- Farley Moody (1891–1918), American footballer, Alabama Crimson Tide
- Farley Mowat (1921–2014), Canadian novelist, Order of Canada
- Farley Norman (born 1961), American professor, Western Kentucky University
- Farley Vieira Rosa (born 1994), Brazilian footballer, Israeli Premier League
- Farley Santos, American politician from Connecticut
- Sir John Farley Spry (1910–1999), English judge, Chief Justice of Gibraltar
- Farley Keith Williams (born 1962), American musician, Trax Records
Farley family of Somerset
[edit]- Farley family (18th century), English family of news media pioneers