# Southey

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #72,781

## Definitions
1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A council ward and former village in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; the ward contains the suburb of Southey Green.
3. A town in the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan, Canada.

## Etymology
English place names, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + Middle English haye (“enclosure”), from Old English heġe and ġehæġ.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/southey