Släkthistoria för Oatey
Oatey Vad efternamn betyder
in SW England perhaps from a variant of the Middle English personal name Ode Ote. See Oates which like Oatey occurs in Saint Erth in the 18th and 19th centuries and compare Ody Oddy and Cornish Udy. The final -y is either a local pronunciation of final -e or the hypocoristic suffix -y.alternatively it may be a variant of Otty.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
