Southey

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proper noun

A habitational surname from Old English.

OriginOld English sūþ ← Middle English haye →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A council ward and former village in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; the ward contains the suburb of Southey Green.
  3. A town in the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Origin

  1. Old Englishheġe
  2. Middle Englishhaye“enclosure”
  3. Old Englishsūþ“south”
  4. EnglishSouthey

English place names, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + Middle English haye (“enclosure”), from Old English heġe and ġehæġ.

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APA

Southey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Southey

MLA

“Southey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Southey. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Southey,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Southey.

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