Cloughley Family History
Cloughley Name Meaning
of uncertain origin: possibly a reduced form of an unidentified Irish surname in Mac-. Woulfe gives Mac Claochlaoich as a variant or corruption of Mac Caochlaoich or Mac Caochfhile (anglicized as Kehelly and Coakley in West Cork) which is phonetically suitable for Cloughley but a long way from County Down.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016