Buckley (surname)

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Buckley is a surname originating from either Ireland or England where it is particularly common, as well as Canada and the United States.

Some sources outline an Irish origin,^[1] whereas others outline an Anglo-Saxon (English) origin.^[2]

Spelling variations of Buckley include Bucklie, Buckly, Bulkley, Buhilly, Ó Buachalla, Boughla and others.

England[]

This branch of the Buckley family is credited by some unknown sources as being of Anglo-Saxon origin, either as a habitation surname derived from settlements named Buckley, or as an occupational surname from the Anglo-Saxon words Bucc and Leah, meaning goat and wood.^[2]

The surname Buckley is the 435th most common name in the United Kingdom,^[3] or 234th in England and Wales. It is particularly common in Surrey, but also Cheshire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire amongst other places.

Rochdale[]

A branch of the Buckley family lived in Buckley, Greater Manchester, in Rochdale for many centuries.^[4] They gave their name to Buckley Hall a manorhouse found within the locality. Their name is said to derive from "bleak hill" and they can be traced back to a "Geoffrey de Buckley".

Ireland[]

Ó Buachalla, taken from the Irish word 'buachaill' originally meaning 'herdsman' (in modern Irish it has come to mean 'boy'), was anglicised early as Ó Boughelly, Boughla, Buhilly and later as Buckley. The name Buckley in Ireland is derived from the native Gaelic Ó Buachalla Sept that was located in Lemanaghan (Liath Mancháin), Co Offaly, where an important monastery was situated. The Ó Buachalla's claimed to be descendants of the cowherd of St. Manchán or Manahan and hereditary bearers of his shrine, the custodians of which were the O'Moonys of Doon, County Offaly. The last reference to the site as a monastery comes in 1205 when the death of the coarb (a type of administrator), Gillebrenyn O’ Bichollye (Buckley), is recorded. There was also a sept in northeast County Cork at the same time. Both were dispersed by the Cambro-Normans. Patrick Woulfe in his 'Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall' ('Irish Names and Surnames' 1923), says that in the 16th century Buckley was peculiar to Cork, Tipperary, Offaly and especially Kerry. The area surrounding Lemanaghan in Offaly is still home to many Buckleys today. The name still also exists as Buhilly and Boughla in Offaly today. This name was brought to Ulster in the seventeenth Century by settlers.

Buckley is the 99th most numerous name in Ireland.

Notable Buckleys[]

• A. J. Buckley (born 1978), American actor
• Abel Buckley (1835–1908)
• Alan Buckley (born 1951), British football manager
• Albert Buckley (1877–1965), British Conservative politician
• Alexander Buckley (1891–1918), Australian Victoria Cross recipient
• Andrew Buckley (field hockey) (born 1973), New Zealand field hockey player
• Ann Buckley, Irish musicologist
• Anna Buckley (1924–2003), American politician
• Anthony Buckley (born 1937)
• Arthur Buckley (1891–1974)
• Austin Buckley (born 1960), Irish hurler
• Barbara Buckley (born 1960), attorney and Democratic Party politician
• Barry Buckley (1938–2006)
• Ben Buckley (born 1967), Australian businessman and footballer
• Betty Buckley (born 1947), American actress
• Brad Buckley (born 1952), artist, activist, urbanist, and professor
• Brandon Buckley (born 2000), English professional footballer
• Brian Buckley (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2014), Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton
• Brian Buckley (political advisor) (1935–2013), Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray
• Bridget Buckley (born 1955), British rower
• Bryan Buckley (born 1963), film and commercial director and screenwriter
• Carol Buckley (born 1954), elephant caregiver
• Cecil Buckley (1830–1872), Victoria Cross recipient
• Charles Buckley (disambiguation)
• Cheryl Buckley (born 1956), British design historian
• Christine Buckley (1940s–2014)
• Christopher Augustine Buckley (1845–1922), "Blind Boss" Buckley, 19th century political boss in San Francisco, California
• Christopher Buckley (novelist) (born 1952), American author, son of William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Connie Buckley (1915–2009), Irish hurler
• Curtis Buckley (born 1970), football cornerback
• Dan Buckley, American comic books executive
• Daniel Buckley (1890–1918), one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic
• David Buckley (born 1976), "The Barracudas" Singer & Bass Guitarist. Graduate of School of Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston
• David Joss Buckley (born 1948)
• Delron Buckley (born 1977), South African footballer
• Denis Buckley (born 1990), rugby union player from Ireland
• Dennis J. Buckley Jr. (1920–1943), United States Navy sailor and Silver Star recipient
• Dick Buckley (1925–2010), American radio presenter
• Dick Buckley (baseball) (1858–1929), American baseball player (MLB)
• Din Joe Buckley (1919–2009), member of the Cork Hurling 4 in row team 1941–1944
• Donie Buckley, Irish Gaelic footballer and coach
• Dylan Buckley (born 1993), footballer
• Ed Buckley (1889–1932), footballer
• Edward Pery Buckley (1796–1873), British Liberal and Whig politician
• Edmund Buckley (disambiguation)
• Eldra Buckley (born 1985), American football running back, used to play with the Philadelphia Eagles
• Ellen Buckley (1909–2009), military nurse
• Elsie Finnimore Buckley (1882–1959), English writer and translator
• Emerson Buckley (1916–1989), American conductor
• Eric Buckley (1868–1948), Archdeacon of Sudbury from 1930 until 1932
• Esther Buckley (1948–2013), American educator
• Ginny Buckley (born 1970), British television presenter
• Graham Buckley (born 1963), Scottish footballer
• James Buckley (disambiguation), several people
• Jean Buckley (born 1931), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Jeff Buckley (1966–1997), American songwriter, son of Tim Buckley
• Jenny Buckley (born 1979), Irish television presenter
• Jessie Buckley (born 1989), Irish actress
• Jimmy Buckley (died 1943), British WW2 pilot and POW
• John Buckley (disambiguation), several people
• (born 1989) Commercial Actor
• Keith Buckley (born 1979), vocalist for Every Time I Die
• Kevin Buckley (born 1959), American baseball player (MLB)
• Leila Buckley (1917–2013), English poet, writer and translator
• Lord Buckley (Richard Myrle Buckley, 1906–1960), American monologist
• Matthew Buckley, British actor
• Maurice Buckley (1891–1921), Australian Victoria Cross recipient
• Melanie Buckley (born 1982), English chess master
• Mick Buckley (1953–2013), English footballer
• Mortimer J. (Tim) Buckley, American executive with The Vanguard Group
• Nathan Buckley (born 1972), Australian rules footballer
• Patricia Buckley (1926–2007), American socialite, wife of William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Raymond Buckley (born 1959), American politician from New Hampshire
• Rebecca Buckley (born 1933), American pediatrician and medical educator
• Roger Buckley (1937–2020), American historian, novelist, and Asian Americanist
• Samuel Botsford Buckley (1809–1884), American botanist and naturalist
• Shane Buckley (born 1992), Irish rugby player
• Sigebert Buckley (1520–1610), only monk of Westminster to survive the Reformation
• Stephen Buckley (born 1959), former Australian rules footballer
• Steve Buckley (journalist) (born 1956), American sports journalist
• Terrell Buckley, American retired professional football cornerback
• Thomas H. Buckley (1897–1960), American politician who served as Massachusetts Auditor.
• Thomas J. Buckley (1895–1964), American politician who served as Massachusetts Auditor.
• Thomas "Tim" Buckley (1942–2015), American anthropologist and Buddhist monastic
• Tim Buckley (1947–1975), American songwriter
• Troy Buckley, American college baseball coach
• Vincent Thomas Buckley (1925–1988), Australian poet, teacher, editor, essayist and critic
• Walter Buckley (footballer) (1906–1985), English footballer
• Walter F. Buckley (1922–2006), American sociologist
• William Buckley (convict) (1776–1856), Australian convict
• William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008), American author and one of the fathers of modern conservatism
• William Francis Buckley (1928–1985), CIA employee captured by Hezbollah
• Buckley Machin (1901–1963)

See also[]

• List of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) surnames
• Buckley (disambiguation)
• Buckby (surname)
• Buckbee

References[]

Surname list

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