Usually means: A surname, often Irish origin.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word Riley:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. Riley, riley: Merriam-Webster
  2. Riley: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. riley: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Riley: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Riley: Vocabulary.com
  6. Riley, riley: Wordnik
  7. Riley, riley: Wiktionary
  8. Riley: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. riley: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. riley: Dictionary.com
  11. Riley (Twilight), Riley (automobile), Riley (car), Riley (crater), Riley (given name), Riley (horse), Riley (motorcar), Riley (surname), Riley: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Riley: Rhymezone
  13. riley: FreeDictionary.org
  14. riley: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Riley: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Riley: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Riley: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Riley: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. riley: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See rileys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Riley)

noun:  (countable) A surname.
noun:  A surname from Irish of Irish origin, variant of Reilly.
noun:  An English habitational surname from Old English, from Ryley in Lancashire (see Etymology above).
noun:  (countable) A unisex given name.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
noun:  A female given name from surname, of 1990s and later usage.
noun:  A placename
noun:  A town in Riley Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States
noun:  A town in Center Township, Hancock County, Indiana, United States.
noun:  A number of townships in the United States, listed under Riley Township.
noun:  A crater in Niobe Planitia, Venus
noun:  A manufacturer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr.
noun:  Ellipsis of Riley County. [One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Manhattan.]
noun:  Ellipsis of Riley Creek.

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