The hussey Surname
hussey Name Meaning and History
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEodhusa ‘descendant of Eodhus’; this was the name of a bardic family associated with the Maguires of Fermanagh, also Anglicized as Oswell, Oswald.
- English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Houssaye in Seine-Maritime, so called from a collective noun from Old French hous ‘holly’.
- English: nickname for a woman who was mistress of her own household, from Middle English husewif (a compound of Old English hus ‘house’ + wif ‘woman’). It was not until the 17th century that this word acquired pejorative connotations.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Azalia Hussey | Joseph C. Quantrille | 2 |
| Patrick Hussey | Mary Jo Meek | 14 |
| Patrick James Hussey from Co Kerry | Mary Jo Meek | 5 |
| hussey | caryn | 2 |
| Kenneth L Hussey(Maine) | Shannon | 10 |
| Cyrus Hussey - MO | phfarm | 0 |
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| James HUSSEY 1801 Ireland and Edward HUSSEY 1825 Ireland |
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| Elijah Hussey ... 1850 Clinton County, Ohio |
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