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Origin and popularity of the name BOVEY

Origin

Bovey : English:: 1: (Devon): habitational name from either of two places in Devon Bovey Tracey or North Bovey which take their names from the Bovey river on which they stand.2: perhaps occasionally from the Middle English personal name Bove (from the Old Norse Bófi Bovi Bove a nickname from bófi ‘knave rogue’) or from the Scandinavian name directly.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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    Variants of name BOVEY

    BOVEYN BOVAY