The French surname Bucoy is homonymic in origin. It belongs to the category of surnames which base their origin in the place of birth or origin of the person who first bared the name. As the society started to grow in the middle ages, people adopted a second descriptive name for better identification, sometimes a place of birth, their occupation or even their father’s name. The Surname Bucoy is variant of “Buc”, which is the name of a town located in Seine et Oise and Belfort, France and Northern Spain.The surname is mainly found in Normandy, Northern France. Bucoy (Dubucq, Dubuque and Dubuquoy) listed amongst the nobility of Reitshop’s General Armory and French Aristocracy.
The family's ancestral residential properties in Zamboanga City are located in JD Cruz (Crispin Atilano Street) and Calle San Jose in Barrio San Jose, where several branches of the family still retain their main residences.
Here is the description of the Escudo (Coat of Arms) of the Bucoy Family used by the progenitors of the present day Zamboanga Bucoy based from old family archives.
White signifies peace and sincerity, blue denotes loyalty and truth. The bent symbolizes the shoulder belt of the armament worn about shoulder and arm and signifies defense and protection.
Origin: La Rochelle and Normandy, Northern France
Crest: Au-Flauer-de-lis
Source: The Historical Research Center
Logo re-execution by: MarLo Tiu Bucoy
Screen shot from Richard Ferdinand B. Bucoy's page
Special thanks to Wilfred Edward Bucoy for the untiring research about BUCOY.
