# Overy

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #82,632

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from the villages of Burnham Overy and Burton Overy, from Old English ofer (“over, above”) + īeġ (“island”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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