| Pronunciation | Irish (/oː bˠuːaxal̪ˠl̪ˠa/) Old English (/bʌkliː/) |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Irish: buachall meaning boy Old English: bucc and leah meaning goat and wood |
| Region of origin | Ireland and England |
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 Old English origin.[2]
Spelling variations of Buckley include Bucklie, Buckly, Bulkley, Buhilly, Ó Buachalla, Boughla and others.
Origins
The English surname is credited by some unknown sources as being of Old English 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]
A branch of the Buckley family lived in Buckley, Greater Manchester, in Rochdale for many centuries.[3] They gave their name to Buckley Hall, a manor house found within the locality. Their name is said to derive from "bleak hill" and they can be traced back to a "Geoffrey de Buckley".
In 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.
Notable Buckleys
- A. J. Buckley (born 1978), American actor
- Abel Buckley (1835–1908), British manufacturer
- 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), Australian film editor and producer
- Arthur Buckley (1891–1974), Australian politician
- Austin Buckley (born 1960), Irish hurler
- Barbara Buckley (born 1960), American 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), Australian artist
- 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), American film and commercial director and screenwriter
- Caleb F. Buckley (1841–1879), American politician
- Carol Buckley (born 1954), American elephant caregiver
- Cecil Buckley (1830–1872), Royal Navy officer, Victoria Cross recipient
- Charles Buckley (disambiguation), several people
- Cheryl Buckley (born 1956), British design historian
- Christine Buckley (1940s–2014), Irish activist
- 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), British composer of film and television scores
- David Joss Buckley (born 1948), British screenwriter, playwright, author, actor, and musician
- 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), several people
- Eldra Buckley (born 1985), American football player
- Ellen Buckley (1909–2009), American military nurse
- Elsie Finnimore Buckley (1882–1959), English writer and translator
- Emerson Buckley (1916–1989), American conductor
- Eric Buckley (1868–1948), English clergyman
- Esther Buckley (1948–2013), American educator
- Ginny Buckley (born 1970), British television presenter
- Graham Buckley (born 1963), Scottish footballer
- James Buckley, several people
- Jean Buckley (1931–2019), 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 World War II pilot and POW
- John Buckley (disambiguation), several people
- Jonathan Buckley (born 1991), Aerospace engineer and notable physicist
- Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (born 1944), Norwegian-American professor
- Keith Buckley (born 1979), vocalist for Every Time I Die
- Kevin Buckley (born 1959), American baseball player (MLB)
- Laura Buckley (1977–2022), Irish artist
- 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. Buckley (born 1969), American financial executive
- Nathan Buckley (born 1972), Australian rules footballer
- Neil Buckley (born 1968), English footballer
- Olivia Buckley (1799-1847), English harpist, organist and composer
- 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), Australian rules footballer
- Steve Buckley (journalist) (born 1956), American sports journalist
- Terrell Buckley (born 1971), American football player and coach
- 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 Buckley (1942–2015), American anthropologist and Buddhist monastic
- Tim Buckley (1947–1975), American songwriter
- Troy Buckley (born 1968), American college baseball coach
- Vincent 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 writer and conservative leader
- William Francis Buckley (1928–1985), CIA employee captured by Hezbollah
See also
References
- ↑ "O'Buhilly, Buckley", goireland.com, archived from the original on 18 March 2006
- 1 2 "Buckley". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
- ↑ Rochdale Families - Buckley Archived April 25, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, rochdale.gov.uk. URL accessed February 15, 2007.
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