The name Hartley is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Hartley is: From the stag's meadow. Stag wood or meadow from Old English. Both a surname and place name. Famous Bearer: late 18th century poet Hartley Coleridge.
Hart Name Meaning. English and North German: from a personal name or nickname meaning 'stag', Middle English hert, Middle Low German hërte, harte. German: variant spelling of Hardt 1 and 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name or a nickname from German and Yiddish hart 'hard'.