Beasley Family History
Beasley Name Meaning
English:: variant of Bisley a habitational name from any of the places called Bisley in Gloucestershire and Surrey (the former named with the Old English personal name Bisa + lēah ‘woodland clearing’ the later named with either a personal name or Old English bysce ‘copse bushes’ + lēah) or Bisseley (a lost place in Coventry Warwickshire). habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Beesley probably named with Old English bēos ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. perhaps also a variant of Basley .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022