# Manley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #34,179

## Definitions
1. A placename:
2. A placename:
3. A placename:
4. A placename:
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, from Old English mæne (“common, shared”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to mean + -ley (“lea”).
* Also as an English surname, from the adjective manly (“brave, manly”).
* As an Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Máinle (“descendant of Máinle”); see Malley.
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Maonghaile (“descendant of Maonghal”), from maoin (“wealth”) + gal (“valor, fury”).

## Easily confused with
- **many** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-many)
- **money** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-money)
- **maple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-maple)
- **manly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-manly)
- **Miley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-miley)
- **manny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-manny)
- **manner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-manner)
- **monkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-monkey)
- **Manuel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-manuel)
- **mantle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-mantle)
- **manned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-manned)
- **Marley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-marley)
- **medley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-medley)
- **Massey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-massey)
- **Morley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-morley)
- **motley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-motley)
- **Mosley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-mosley)
- **mantel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-mantel)
- **Markey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manley-vs-markey)
- **male** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/male-vs-manley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amnley`, `malney`, `manely`, `manleyy`, `manlley`, `manlye`, `mannley`, `mmanley`, `mnaley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/manley