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LIKELY Family History

This is a surname of Anglo-Scottish origins. It is almost certainly locational and possibly from the village of Lickle in the county of Lancashire, or from Likleyhead Castle in the county of Aberdeenshire. Failing these then it is probably from a now 'lost' medieval village of which the only known reminder in the late 20th century is the surname itself. It is known that the name has been recorded in Scotland since 1612 when one Henry Likly was fined in Aberdeen itself for 'quarrelling'. He must have quarrelled very loudly, or perhaps he chose the wrong person for his quarrel.