Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. Check marks indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
 
3. usages AND description are verified
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage English

Meaning & History

From a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a parrot, from Middle English papejai, popinjay "parrot". This probably denoted someone who was talkative or who dressed in bright colours, although it may have described a person who excelled at the medieval sport of pole archery, i.e. shooting at a wooden parrot on a pole.
Added 5/16/2016 by SeaHorse15