Submitted Name Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage English Other Forms FormsWoolsey Edit Status Status [show contributorhide contributor] Added 11/13/2013 by babycrookston Meaning & History From the medieval male personal name Wulsi (from Old English Wulfsige, literally "wolf-victory"). A famous bearer of the surname was English churchman and statesman Thomas Wolsey (Cardinal Wolsey), ?1475-1530.