DISNEY

(origin: Nor. Fr.) Anciently written D'Isney or D'Eisney, and originally De Isigney, from Isigney, a small village near Bayeaux, in Normandy.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

DISNEY. " Disney, alias De Iseney, he dwelleth at Diseney, and of his name and line be gentilmcn of Fraunce," says Leland, speaking of Norton-Disney, co. Lincoln. The surname appears in the various lists called the Roll of Battel Abbey, and the family came, it would aipear, from Isigni, near Bayeux, a small town, famous at present for its butter.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.