English: topographic name for someone living on the north side of a
road, from Middle English north ‘north’ + weye ‘way’,
‘path’, ‘road’, or a habitational name from a minor place name of the
same origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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