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Sorley - Meaning of Sorley
What does Sorley mean?
[ 2 syll. sor-ley, so-rl-ey ] The baby boy name Sorley is pronounced as SAORLiy- †. Sorley is of Old Norse and Irish Gaelic origin, and it is used mainly in English and Irish. From Irish Gaelic roots, its meaning is 'a summer sailor'.
Sorley is a variant form of the Gaelic and Scottish Somerled in the English language.
Variant forms of Sorley include the Irish Somhairle, the name Sorlea, the name Sorlee, the name Sorli, the name Sorlie, and the name Sorly.
See also the related category irish.
Sorley is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Sorley include Sorlee, Sorli, Sorlie, Sorly, Sherill, Sherly, Sherril, Sherrill, Sherryll, Sheryl, Sorel, Sorelle, Soril, Sorrel, Sorrell, Sorrelle, Cearúil, Cerel, Ciril, and Cirill.
† Pronunciation for Sorley: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
