Bushey Family History
Bushey Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bushey in Hertfordshire so named with an Old English bysce or byxe ‘box’ + hæg ‘enclosure’. English: alternatively a nickname from Middle English busshi ‘bushy shrub-like overgrown’ probably in the sense ‘having long thick hair’ (well recorded in 17th-century usage). These English surnames are now rare in Britain. Americanized form of French Boucher . Compare Boushey Busha 1 Bushee and Bushy . Americanized form of French Boissy . Americanized form of German Büsche (see Busche ) or Swiss German Büschi a variant of Busch .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022