Show ContentsArlie Surname History

During the 17th and 18th centuries, many Irish Gaelic names were forcibly translated in English. The Irish O'Maolmocheirghe, often anglicized as O'Mulmohery and Mulmoher, began to be substituted with Early and Earley, a loose translation of the elements "moch" meaning early and "eirghe" meaning rising.

Early Origins of the Arlie family

The surname Arlie was first found in the 12th and 13th centuries, when a bishop of Breffny near Kilmore in Galway and an abbot of Kells in County Meath were both called O'Mulmoghery. In Counties Kilkenny and Tipperary the name Erley is of Norman descent, and is sometimes found as d'Erley. Robert Erley was the Prior of Kells in County Kilkenny in 1361, and Erleystown was on record in Tipperary as early as 1305.

Early History of the Arlie family

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Arlie Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Early, Earley, O'Mulmohery, Mulmoher and many more.

Early Notables of the Arlie family

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Migration of the Arlie family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Donald Early, who landed in Quebec in 1825; Catherine Early, who arrived in Baltimore in 1829; Pat Early, who immigrated to St. John, New Brunswick in 1833.


Contemporary Notables of the name Arlie (post 1700) +

  • Arlie Franklin Culp (b. 1926), American Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly
  • Arlie H. Meyer, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1972 1
  • Arlie N. Ricasa, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2000 2


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 5) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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