Etymology

Beesley

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English *beos
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The story

  1. Old English · derived from*beos“bentgrass”
  2. English todayBeesley

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English *beos (“bentgrass”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.