Povey Family History
Povey Name Meaning
Welsh (now chiefly found in England): patronymic meaning ‘son of Hova’ Welsh ap + the personal name Hwfa Anglicized to Pova Pover Povall and Povey. Without ap the same name survives as Hovey and Hover and possibly as Huffey and Huffer. English: of uncertain origin. An unrecorded Old English personal name Pofig is formally possible incorporating the hypocoristic suffix -ig.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022