Espy Family History
Espy Name Meaning
Scottish (western Scotland): from a shortened form of Gillespie . French: topographic name for someone living near a prominent thorn bush or in an area characterized by such vegetation from Old French espine (from Latin spina). Occasionally the name may derive from the same word used in a transferred sense of the crest or ridge of a hill. In some cases also an altered form of German Espey .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022