Buckley (surname)
Buckley is a surname originating from either Ireland or England where it is particularly common, as well as Canada and the United States.

Some sources outline an Irish origin, whereas others outline an Anglo-Saxon (English) origin.

Spelling variations of Buckley include Bucklie, Buckly, Bulkley, Buhilly, Ó Buachalla, Boughla and others.

England
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This branch of the Buckley family is credited by some unknown sources as being of Anglo-Saxon origin, either as a habitation surname derived from settlements named Buckley, or as an occupational surname from the Anglo-Saxon words Bucc and Leah, meaning goat and wood.

The surname Buckley is the 435th most common name in the United Kingdom, or 234th in England and Wales. It is particularly common in Surrey, but also Cheshire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire amongst other places.

Rochdale
A branch of the Buckley family lived in Buckley, Greater Manchester in Rochdale for many centuries. They gave their name to Buckley Hall a manorhouse found within the locality. Their name is said to derive from "bleak hill" and they can be traced back to a "Geoffrey de Buckley".

Ireland
Ó Buachalla, taken from the Irish word 'buachaill' originally meaning 'herdsman' (in modern Irish it has come to mean 'boy'), was anglicised early as Ó Boughelly, Boughla, Buhilly and later as Buckley.
The name Buckley in Ireland is derived from the native Gaelic Ó Buachalla Sept that was located in Lemanaghan (Liath Mancháin), Co Offaly, where an important monastery was situated. The Ó Buachalla's claimed to be descendants of the cowherd of St. Manchán or Manahan and hereditary bearers of his shrine, the custodians of which were the O'Moonys of Doon, County Offaly. The last reference to the site as a monastery comes in 1205 when the death of the coarb (a type of administrator), Gillebrenyn O’ Bichollye (Buckley), is recorded. There was also a sept in northeast County Cork at the same time. Both were dispersed by the Cambro-Normans. Patrick Woulfe in his 'Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall' ('Irish Names and Surnames' 1923), says that in the 16th century Buckley was peculiar to Cork, Tipperary, Offaly and especially Kerry.
The area surrounding Lemanaghan in Offaly is still home to many Buckleys today. The name still also exists as Buhilly and Boughla in Offaly today.  This name was brought to Ulster in the seventeenth Century by settlers.

Buckley is the 99th most numerous name in Ireland.

Notable Buckleys
 A. J. Buckley (born 1978), American actor
 Abel Buckley (1835–1908)
 Alan Buckley (born 1951), British football manager
Alan Buckley (born 1977), Irish American Business titan, Philanthropist and legendary swordsman. Alan Buckley NY
 Albert Buckley (1877–1965), British Conservative politician
 Alexander Buckley (1891–1918), Australian Victoria Cross recipient
 Andrew Buckley (field hockey) (born 1973), New Zealand field hockey player
 Ann Buckley, Irish musicologist
 Anna Buckley (1924–2003), American politician
 Anthony Buckley (born 1937)
 Arthur Buckley (1891–1974)
 Austin Buckley (born 1960), Irish hurler
 Barbara Buckley (born 1960), attorney and Democratic Party politician
 Barry Buckley (1938–2006)
 Ben Buckley (born 1967), Australian businessman and footballer
 Betty Buckley (born 1947), American actress
 Brad Buckley (born 1952), artist, activist, urbanist, and professor
 Brandon Buckley (born 2000), English professional footballer
 Brendan Buckley (born 1974), American drummer
 Brian Buckley (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2014), Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton
 Brian Buckley (political advisor) (1935–2013), Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray
 Bridget Buckley (born 1955), British rower
 Bryan Buckley (born 1963), film and commercial director and screenwriter
 Carol Buckley (born 1954), elephant caregiver
 Cecil Buckley (1830–1872), Victoria Cross recipient
 Charles Buckley (disambiguation)
 Christine Buckley (1940s–2014)
 Christopher Augustine Buckley (1845–1922), "Blind Boss" Buckley, 19th century political boss in San Francisco, California
 Christopher Buckley (novelist) (born 1952), American author, son of William F. Buckley, Jr.
 Connie Buckley (1915–2009), Irish hurler
 Curtis Buckley (born 1970), football cornerback
 Dan Buckley, American comic books executive
 Daniel Buckley (1890–1918), one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic
 David Buckley (born 1976), "The Barracudas" Singer & Bass Guitarist. Graduate of School of Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston
 David Joss Buckley (born 1948)
 Delron Buckley (born 1977), South African footballer
 Denis Buckley (born 1990), rugby union player from Ireland
 Dennis J. Buckley Jr. (1920–1943), United States Navy sailor and Silver Star recipient
 Dick Buckley (1925–2010), American radio presenter
 Dick Buckley (baseball) (1858–1929), American baseball player (MLB)
 Din Joe Buckley (1919–2009), member of the Cork Hurling 4 in row team 1941–1944
 Donie Buckley, Irish Gaelic footballer and coach
 Dylan Buckley (born 1993), footballer
 Ed Buckley (1889–1932), footballer
 Edward Pery Buckley (1796–1873), British Liberal and Whig politician
 Edmund Buckley (disambiguation)
 Eldra Buckley (born 1985), American football running back, currently with the Philadelphia Eagles
 Ellen Buckley (1909–2009), military nurse
 Elsie Finnimore Buckley (1882–1959), English writer and translator
 Emerson Buckley (1916–1989), American conductor
 Eric Buckley (1868–1948), Archdeacon of Sudbury from 1930 until 1932
 Esther Buckley (1948–2013), American educator
Fabian Buckley (born 1981), President of HSE Connection Point
 Ginny Buckley (born 1970), British television presenter
 Graham Buckley (born 1963), Scottish footballer
 Jack Boyd Buckley (1926–2007), American civil engineer
 James Buckley (disambiguation), several people
 Jean Buckley (born 1931), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 Jeff Buckley (1966–1997), American songwriter, son of Tim Buckley
 Jenny Buckley (born 1979), Irish television presenter

 Jessie Buckley (born 1989), Irish actress
 Jimmy Buckley (died 1943), British WW2 pilot and POW
 Keith Buckley (born 1979), vocalist for Every Time I Die
 Kevin Buckley (born 1959), American baseball player (MLB)
 Leila Buckley (1917–2013), English poet, writer and translator
 Lord Buckley (Richard Myrle Buckley, 1906–1960), American monologist
 Matthew Buckley, British actor
 Maurice Buckley (1891–1921), Australian Victoria Cross recipient
 Melanie Buckley (born 1982), English chess master
 Mick Buckley (1953–2013), English footballer
 Mortimer J. (Tim) Buckley, American executive with The Vanguard Group
 Nathan Buckley (born 1972), Australian rules footballer
 Patricia Buckley (1926–2007), American socialite, wife of William F. Buckley, Jr.
 Raymond Buckley (born 1959), American politician from New Hampshire
 Rebecca Buckley (born 1933), American pediatrician and medical educator
 Samuel Botsford Buckley (1809–1884), American botanist and naturalist
 Shane Buckley (born 1992), Irish rugby player
 Sigebert Buckley (1520–1610), only monk of Westminster to survive the Reformation
 Stephen Buckley (born 1959), former Australian rules footballer
 Steve Buckley (journalist) (born 1956), American sports journalist
 Terrell Buckley, American retired professional football cornerback
 Thomas H. Buckley (1897–1960), American politician who served as Massachusetts Auditor.
 Thomas J. Buckley (1895–1964), American politician who served as Massachusetts Auditor.
 Thomas "Tim" Buckley (1942–2015), American anthropologist and Buddhist monastic
 Tim Buckley (1947–1975), American songwriter
 Troy Buckley, American college baseball coach
 Vincent Thomas Buckley (1925–1988), Australian poet, teacher, editor, essayist and critic
 Walter Buckley (footballer) (1906–1985), English footballer
 Walter F. Buckley (1922–2006), American sociologist
 William Buckley (convict) (1776–1856), Australian convict
 William F. Buckley Jr., American author and one of the fathers of modern conservatism
 William Francis Buckley (1928–1985), CIA employee captured by Hezbollah
 Buckley Machin (1901–1963)