The kersey Surname
kersey Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Kersey in Suffolk, recorded in
Domesday Book as Careseia, probably from Old English
cærs ‘watercress’ + eg ‘island’, ‘area of dry land
in a marsh’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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