Could not find the name as given. However, I am wondering if it could be a form of REILLY which is an Anglicized form of the Irish personal name "Raghailleach", Old Irish "Roghallach", of unknown origin. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara RITA KENNEDY wrote: >HELLO, WHAT IS THE SURNAME; "REIGHLEY" MEAN & ORIGINS ?, SOME FORM OF OLD ENGLISH-SAXON??, THANKS. > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >