Purse Family History
Purse Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English purs(e) (Old English purs) ‘bag sack or pouch’ often specifically ‘money bag purse wallet’ also ‘(royal) treasury the privy purse’ and colloquially a term for the scrotum. Perhaps an occupational name short for pursmaister ‘keeper of the purse’ purser or pursmakere (see Purser ) or a nickname for someone who was mean or generous with money or who displayed his purse in an ostentatious manner. English: variant of Pierce .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022