Ayleway is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ayleway
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The variant of Ellwood. See Elwood - Several tenants in chief in Domesday are called Alwoldus or Aldwold, a contraction of the Anglo-Saxon Æthelwald. A border clan of Elwood existed temp. Elizabeth. In a MS. tract copied in Archäologia, XXII., 168, it is stated in reference to Liddesdale, that "the strength of this country consisteth two surnames of Armestronges and Elwoodes."

The Ayleway is the form of Aylward. Ælward and Ailward were personal names before 1086.

Ayleway is variant form of Ellard. Descendant of Alward or Elward meaning "elf guardian," or of Eliard meaning "little Elias".

Ayleway is the variant form of the Aylward. Descendant of Aylward meaning noble, guardian.

The variation of Alward. Variant of Alford meaning one who came from a place named Alford which means the alder ford, or the ford of Ealdgyth.

The variant form of the Ellard. Elard, an Anglo-Saxon personal name.

Is variant of Hallward. The keeper of a hall.

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