Wisely Family History
Wisely Name Meaning
Scottish (Aberdeenshire): unexplained. Most probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place or perhaps a variant of Whislay a habitational name from Wisley in Surrey or Whistley Farm in Wiltshire (both of which are named from Old English wisce ‘marshy meadow’ + lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’) though the concentration in Scotland cannot be explained.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022