Hartley

• (surname): Artley

From Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hart +‎ -ley (“lea”).

Hartley (countable and uncountable, plural Hartleys)

1. A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7808).
   2. A suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX488325).
   3. A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ605675).
   4. A village in Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ757563).
   5. A suburb of Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, England, on the border with Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3375)
   6. A census-designated place in Solano County, California, United States.
   7. A city in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States.
   8. An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States.
   9. An unincorporated community in Haakon County, South Dakota, United States.
   10. A census-designated place in Hartley County, Texas, United States.
2. Ellipsis of Hartley County.
3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hartley is the 1,124^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 31,221 individuals. Hartley is most common among White (88.90%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hartley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136.

• earthly, hartely, heartly, hetaryl, lathery