Farley (name)
Farley is a family name and a given name. The patronymic surname is an anglicised form of the Irish patronyms Ó Faircheallaigh, which means "descendant of Faircheallaigh", whose name means "super war", and Ó Fearghail, which means "descendant of Fearghail", whose name means "man of valor". The toponymic surname comes from places with toponyms deriving from the Old English fearn, which means "fern", and leah, which means "woodland clearing".