Farley is a family name and a given name of various Irish and English origins.
As an Irish patronymic surname, Farley is an anglicised form of the Old Irish patronyms Ó Faircheallaigh ("descendant of Faircheallaigh", a name meaning "super war") or Ó Fearghail ("descendant of Fearghail", a name meaning "man of valor").
As an English toponymic surname, Farley comes from the toponyms Farleigh, Fairley, or Farley, deriving from the Old English fearn ("fern") and leah (“woodland”).
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