The espy Surname
espy Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: shortened form of Gillespie.
- French: southeastern topographic name for someone living near a prominent thorn bush or in an area characterized by such vegetation, from Old French espine (Latin spina). Occasionally the name may derive from the same word used in a transferred sense of the crest or ridge of a hill.
- Variant spelling of German Espey.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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