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Tussey

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Possibly an altered spelling of German Tusche, which may be from a nickname for a cheat, from Middle Low German tūsche ‘deception’, or a nickname, perhaps for a ruffian, from Bavarian tusch ‘blow’, ‘stroke’; alternatively, it could be of Slavic origin.

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