Crowley

• The name Crowley may derive from the Irish or the English. The Irish Crowleys are more numerous and are known in Irish as "O Cruadhlaoich" or "Ua Cruadhlaoich", a Gaelic name meaning "descendant of the hard hero" or "descendant of the hardy warrior", and which was anglicised to "Crowley" or "O'Crowley". The English "Crowley" means "wood of crows".
• Variants include Crawley (disambiguation) and Croley.