English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of
several places in Normandy, France: Boucé in Orne, from which came
Robert de Buci mentioned in Domesday Book, Bouce (Manche), or
Bucy-le-Long (Aisne). All are named with a Latin personal name
Buccius (presumably a derivative of bucca ‘mouth’) + the
locative suffix -acum.
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