Pewsey Family History
Pewsey Name Meaning
from Pewsey (Wilts) which is recorded as Pevesige in 940 Pevesie in 1086 Peuesy in 1324 Pewse in 152 The place-name means 'Pefi's island' from an Old English personal name *Pefi (genitive *Pefes) + ēg ‘island well-watered land’. see Pusey .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016