Riley (given name)

Riley is a transferred use of an English surname derived from Old English ryge ‘rye’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

This article is about the given name "Riley". For the surname, see Riley (surname). For other uses, see Riley (disambiguation).
Riley
Pronunciation/ˈraɪli/ RY-lee
Origin
Language(s)Old English, Irish
Other names
Related namesReilly, Rileigh, Rylee, Ryleigh, Rylie

It is also derived from the Irish surname O'Reilly, which originated from the Irish name Raghallach, of unknown meaning.

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