Garnsey

English

Etymology

• English surname of Norman origin, from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, from the Old English personal name Gārmund, see Garman.
• Also as a habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Germisay, in Lorraine. It could also be a habitational surname from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The second element of both of these is probably Old Norse ey (“island”).

Proper noun

Garnsey (plural Garnseys)

1. A surname from Norman.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Garnsey is the 37735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Garnsey is most common among White (93.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Garnsey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 17.