Given name & surname · also Old English
Bushey
“bush, thicket”
Bushey is a surname from Old English (ultimately Old French).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bushey goes back to Old English bysċe, meaning “bush, thicket.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Bushey comes from Old English, and ultimately from Old French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English bysċe (“bush, thicket”), from Old French boisseie (“woodland”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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