Horsley Family History
Horsley Name Meaning
English (Northeastern England): habitational name from any of various places called with Old English hors ‘horse’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’ such as Horsley (Derbyshire Gloucestershire) Long Horsley (Northumberland) and Horseley Hills Farm in Wolverley (Worcestershire) probably referring to a place where horses were put out to pasture.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022