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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Tribe near the sea

Boy name variations

Dorset

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Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : habitational name, with the preposition d(e), from Orsay in Seine-et-Orne, France, recorded in the 13th century as Orceiacum, from the Latin personal name Orcius + the locative suffix -acum.

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