# Gormley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gormley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,949 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,814 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,385 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.2% (4,960 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ghormley |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gormley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gormley in the United Kingdom.

## People named Gormley

- Lisa Gormley, Australian actress

## Similar surnames

Greenlee, Greenwell, Greenwald, Grimaldo, Grimaldi, Granillo, Greenleaf, Grinnell, Greenawalt, Greenhalgh, Greenwalt, Grunwald.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.