The posey Surname
posey Name Meaning and History
Possibly an altered spelling of German Pose (or Poser
2), a habitational name from Posa or Poserna, south of Merseburg, or a
topographic name from Middle Low German pose ‘lump’, ‘pile’
(from which the place names may also derive).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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