Släkthistoria för Belsey
Belsey Vad efternamn betyder
from one or more of the numerous places called Belasis or similar such as Bellasis (Northumb) Bellasize (ER Yorks) Belasis in Billingham and Bellasis in Durham (both Durham) Belsize Park in Hampstead (Middx) Belsize Farm in Castor (Northants) Belsize Farm in Watford (Herts) and Belsars Field in Willingham (Cambs). All these names are from Anglo-Norman French bel ‘beautiful’ + assis ‘seat residence’. perhaps also from Belsay in Bolam (Northumb) which is recorded as Bilesho in 1162 Beleshowe in 1255 and Belsey in 166 The post-medieval bearers given here may alternatively belong to (1).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
