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gormley

/ɡˈɔɹmli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables
gorm-ley
IPA
/ɡˈɔɹmli/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormghail (“descendant of Gormghal”), a personal name based on gorm (“blue”) + gal (“valor”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Gormghail

Usage

Inflected Forms

Gormleys (plural) Ghormley (alternative)

Homonyms

ghormley

Rhymes With

warmly ghormley

Questions

How do you pronounce gormley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɔɹmli/.
What does gormley mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does gormley come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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