Marcey Family History

English:: variant of Mercer from Middle English mercer merser marser ‘textile merchant’ in which final -er has been weakened to -ey.

(of Norman origin): habitational name from Marcy in France (Manche). habitational name from Mattersey (Nottinghamshire). The placename denotes the well-watered land (Old English ēg) of a man named with the Old English personal name Mǣthhere.

Perhaps a nickname from Middle English mercy marsy ‘pardon compassion’ but evidence for this is slight and uncertain.

The word was used as a female personal name from the 16th century onward but this is too late for it to have given rise to a surname.