The halsey Surname
halsey Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name of uncertain origin. The surname is
common in London, and may be derived from Alsa (formerly Assey)
in Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex (recorded as Alsiesheye in
1268). Another possible source is Halsway in Somerset,
named from Old English hals ‘neck’ + weg ‘way’, ‘road’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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