Tolley Family History
Tolley Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): from the Middle English personal name Toli (Old Norse Tóli a particularly East Scandinavian pet form of names in Thórr ‘the god Thor’ + an element beginning with l-). Americanized form of German Tolle . In some cases also an American shortened and altered form of Russian Telyatev: nickname or metonymic occupational name derived from telyata ‘calves’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022