Meaning & origin
What it means
Fossey goes back to Old English fōt, meaning “foot.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
If you love Fossey, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Foxley
“wood, clearing”
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Finney
“heap”
71% boys · 29% girls
Fawley
“yellow, fallow, dun”
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Finkley
“finch”
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Onley
“only, alone”
92% boys · 8% girls
Foxton
“fox” · “enclosure; settlement, town”
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Loosley
“clearing with a pigsty”
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Horsey
“horse”
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