Furse Family History
Furse Name Meaning
English (mainly Devon and Cornwall): topographic name for someone who lived on a piece of land that was thickly grown with gorse from Middle English furs firs ‘furze furze-covered land’ (Old English fyrs) or a habitational name from a place called with this word as for example Furze in Devon and Cornwall. Compare Furze .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022