Turgoose Family History
Turgoose Name Meaning
from the Middle English personal name Turgis a Norman form of Old Scandinavian Þorgils Thorgisl with Continental Germanic -gis replacing Old Scandinavian -gisl. It derives from the divine name Þórr ‘Thor’ + an element corresponding to Continental Germanic and Old English gisl ‘hostage pledge’. The surname sometimes develops to Sturgess with which it alternates.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016