Foley

See also: foley

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Foghladha (“descendant of Foghlaidh”), a byname from foghlaí (“plunderer, pillager, marauder, robber”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊli/
• Homophone: foley
• Rhymes: -əʊli

Proper noun

Foley (countable and uncountable, plural Foleys)

1. A surname from Irish.
   • 2023 January 16, “California’s flooding, in pictures”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 17 March 2023:

     Melissa Foley clears debris in her neighborhood as the San Lorenzo River rises in Felton on Saturday, January 14.

2. A city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
3. A city, the county seat of Benton County, Minnesota, United States.
4. A city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.

Derived terms

• Foley Island
• Foley Park

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Foley is the 661^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 51865 individuals. Foley is most common among White (92.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Foley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 586.

Anagrams

• Foyle, foyle