Riley

name

Etymology: * From Ryley in Lancashire, from Old English ryge (“rye”) + leah (“clearing, meadow”). Equivalent to rye + -ley (“lea”). * A variant of Reilly, from Irish Ó Raghallaigh (see O'Reilly).

1. A surname.

   “Ibarra also deprived Riley of oxygen long enough to cause wounds and “intended to kill her,” Ross said.”

2. A surname.
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4. A unisex given name.

   “Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our governments.””

5. A unisex given name.

   “Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness.”

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12. A manufacturer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr.