The story
- Old English · derived fromnorþ“north”
- English todayNorthey
Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English norþ (“north”) + either heġe (“fence, hedge”) or īeġ (“island”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishnorþ all →
northNortonNorwichNorthcoteNorwellNorburyNortholtNorthcottNorlandNorringtonNorthmoorNorthingtonNarramoreNorgroveNorthall
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.