Govey Family History
Govey Name Meaning
probably from an unrecorded Middle English personal name *Goffy *Govy a pet form of Goff itself a pet form of Godfrey . Compare Goffin Govett .alternatively perhaps a reduced form of the Dorset name Goves from the Norman name (de) Goviz. This is apparently recorded as Gouyegh 1381 in
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016