Riley

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, from Irish) of (etyl, ga) origin, variant of Reilly.
  2. Proper noun.  (surname, A An) from Ryley in Lancashire, from (etyl, ang) (term, ryge) +(term, leah) .
  3. Proper noun.  A manufacurer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr.
  4. Proper noun.  (given name, male) , transferred use of the surnames since the nineteenth century.
  5. Proper noun.  (given name, female) used since the 1990s.

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