Peaslee Family Name and Heraldry

Search old registers for Peaslee and you will soon meet Peasley too. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “A dweller at the field where peas were grown”.

Peaslee coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Peasley surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

How the spelling arose

Spelled with “e” instead of “y”, Peaslee shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

About 1,766 people in the United States were recorded as Peaslee in 2010, placing it 16,315 on the national list. For the full story, order the Peaslee surname pack.