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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Lincolnshire) : occupational name for a maker of bags and purses, from an agent derivative of Middle English pouche ‘purse’, ‘bag’. In the Middle Ages pouches were a universal personal accessory, as clothing with pockets was unknown.

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