Tewkesbury Family History
Tewkesbury Name Meaning
from Tewkesbury (Gloucs) which is recorded as Teodekesbyri in about 1150 and Tekusbury in 1390. The place-name derives from an Old English personal name *Tēodec (genitive *Tēodeces) + Old English burg ‘fortress’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016