Buckley is a surname originating from either Ireland or England where it is particularly common, as well as Canada and the United States.
[2] Spelling variations of Buckley include Bucklie, Buckly, Bulkley, Buhilly, Ó Buachalla, Boughla and others.
[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.