McGawley is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: McGawley
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Scotland, Ireland
Meaning:

Variant of Comley. Doubtless local, rather than personal.

The is a form of Cawley. See Calley - The Calleys of Wilts deduce from Norfolk. I find no locality so denominated, and the family may possibly spring from the Scottish M'Caulays.

Family name McGawley is variant form of Cawley. One who came from Caughley, i.e., jackdaw wood meadow, in Shropshire.

McGawley is a variation of McCauley. The son of Amlaib, a Scotch form of Olaf meaning "ancestor's reic"; the son of Amhalghaidh, an ancient Irish personal name.

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