Släkthistoria för Martley
Martley Vad efternamn betyder
probably a reduced form of Martland a Wigan and Ormskirk surname; see Markland. The final weakly stressed syllable has been reduced to /lə/ and re-interpreted as a slack pronunciation of -ley and -lew. The Lancs and Cheshire name could alternatively belong with (2) by migration but no evidence for this has been found. from Martley (Worcs). The place-name is recorded as Mertlega and Mardelega in the 12th century and probably derives from Old English mearð ‘marten weasel’ + lēah ‘wood woodland clearing’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
