Whelpley Family History
Whelpley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whelpley Hill in Ashley Green Buckinghamshire or from any of the places called Whelpley in Hailsham Sussex and Whiteparish Wiltshire all named with Old English hwelp ‘whelp cub young animal’ + lēah ‘(woodland) clearing’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022