Bushe Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Behind the Bushe surname stands Bush, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. The family name meaning is “Dweller by the bush or thicket”, the same as for Bush. Bushe adds “e” to Bush, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Busch.

Looking for a Bushe coat of arms? Arms were granted to families, not to surnames, and our research shows which heraldic tradition fits yours. Want more than a summary? See the Bushe family name pack.