The rumsey Surname
rumsey Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Romsey in Hampshire, so named from
the genitive case of the Old English personal name Rum (a
short form of compound names with the first element rum) +
Old English eg ‘island’, ‘dry land in a fen’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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