Hussey Family History
Hussey Surname Meaning
English: of Norman origin, a nickname for someone who habitually wore a distinctive pair of boots or gaiters from Old French hosed, hoset, housé, Middle English hosey, hus(s)y ‘booted, gaitered’ (from Latin hosatus). English: status name or nickname from Middle English hus(e)wyf ‘mistress of a family; wife of a householder’ (a compound of Old English hūs ‘house’ + wīf ‘woman’).
Though originally a woman's name, it is often found as a male surname, presumably in a derogatory sense. The vocabulary word became hussie with the meaning ‘disreputable woman’ in the 16th century; the surname, however, is not associated with this meaning.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEodhusa ‘descendant of Eodhus’. This was the name of a bardic family associated with the Maguires of Fermanagh, also Anglicized as Oswell or Oswald.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022