Hatley Family History
Hatley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from East Hatley (Cambridgeshire) Hatley Saint George (Cambridgeshire) or Hatley Cockayne (Bedfordshire). The placenames probably derive either from an Old English personal name Hætta or an earlier placename Hætte (from Old English hætt ‘hat hat-shaped hill’) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Hatt
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022