Family name origins & meanings
- English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : of uncertain derivation: it could be a topographic name for someone living in an area planted with bushes, French bussière, or a habitational name from any of various minor places in Essex, perhaps named with this word.
- English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : alternatively it may be a nickname for a heavy drinker, from an agent derivative of Middle English bouse(n) ‘to drink’, ‘to booze’ (from Middle Dutch būsen) or Middle English bous, boos ‘intoxicating drink’ (from Middle Dutch būse).
- English (Kent) of uncertain derivation : lastly, it could be an occupational name for a stockman, from a derivative of Middle English bos(e), buse ‘stall for livestock’, ‘cowstall’, ‘manger’ (from Old English bōs).