Marcey Family History
Marcey Name Meaning
English:: variant of Mercer from Middle English mercer merser marser ‘textile merchant’ in which final -er has been weakened to -ey. (of Norman origin): habitational name from Marcy in France (Manche). habitational name from Mattersey (Nottinghamshire). The placename denotes the well-watered land (Old English ēg) of a man named with the Old English personal name Mǣthhere. perhaps a nickname from Middle English mercy marsy ‘pardon compassion’ but evidence for this is slight and uncertain. The word was used as a female personal name from the 16th century onward but this is too late for it to have given rise to a surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
