Bousfield Family History
Bousfield Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bousfield in Orton (Westmorland). The placename derives from Old English boga or Old Norse bogi ‘bow’ in the sense ‘curving hillside’ with a Middle English genitive singular ending -es + Old Norse fjall fell ‘mountain hill’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022