Derived from old english, meaning "Pear Tree" or some jazz like that. People will inevitably spell this name wrong, for instance, thinking it is written: Perceli, Pursely, Presly. The best clarification is to say "like parsley with a U."

Pursley is not a catchy nickname and you will inevitably be called by your first name if this is your surname.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods