Last names linked to de CAUX

Origin

Casey : 1: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathasaigh ‘descendant of Cathasach’ a byname meaning ‘vigilant’ or ‘noisy’. Compare Caissie.2: English and Irish (of Norman origin): from Old French Cauceis denoting someone from the Pays de Caux in Normandy.

Causey : English (of Norman origin):: 1: variant of Cawsey either a habitational name for someone from the Pays de Caux (Normandy) or a topographic name for someone who lived by a causeway Middle English caucey (from Old Norman French cauciée); the ending of the word was in time assimilated by folk etymology to Middle English way.2: possibly also a variant of Chasey.

Cawse : 1: from the Pays de Caux (Normandy). Some of the bearers below may belong under (2) or (3). The name is synonymous with Cawsey (1) and the two names were interchangeable even in the early modern period. 2: possibly from Cause (Shrops) which is recorded as Caus in 1134 Cawes in 1255 and Caurse about 1540 and may take its name from the surname in (1). However it is possible that this place did not give rise to a surname and that the early bearer example belongs under (1). 3: perhaps from Old French cauce a Norman and Picard variant of Old French chaucee ‘stocking’ used to denote someone whose hosiery was particularly noteworthy for some reason or perhaps for a maker or seller of such items. Compare Causer.

Cawsey : 1: from Old French Cauceis denoting someone from the Pays de Caux (Normandy). The name was interchangeable with Cawse. Some of the following post-medieval bearers may belong with (2). 2: from Middle English caucé(e) causee causey (Old French caucée chaucée Latin calcetum) ‘causeway dam embankment’ denoting someone who lived by such a feature. 3: possibly also a variant of Chasey.

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