Släkthistoria för Fowley
Fowley Vad efternamn betyder
from Ó Foghladha see Foley. see Folley. from Foolow (Derbys) which is recorded as Foulowe in 1269 Fowelowe in 1296 and Fuwelowe in 1338. The place-name probably derives from Old English fugol ‘bird’ + hlāw ‘mound hill’ though the first element could alternatively be fāg ‘variegated multi-coloured’ with a distinctive dialectal development of the vowel.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
