Släkthistoria för Dowsey
Dowsey Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps from the Old Scandinavian (Old Danish) personal name Dūsi apparently from dūs ‘flat calm’. Compare Dowsing. perhaps occasionally from south-western and W Midlands Middle English dusi (Old English dysig) ‘foolish unwise’.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
