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Pusey 1
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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English

Meaning & History

Habitational name from Pusey in Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), so called from Old English peose, piosu ‘pea(s)’ + ēg ‘island’, ‘low-lying land’, or from Pewsey in Wiltshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Pevesie, apparently from the genitive case of an Old English personal name Pefe, not independently attested + Old English ēg ‘island’.
Added 12/30/2015 by cutenose

Pusey 2
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Type Surname (from location)
Usage French

Meaning & History

Habitational name form Pusey in Haute-Saône, so named from a Gallo-Roman personal name, Pusius, + the locative suffix -acum.
Added 12/30/2015 by cutenose