Biddlecombe

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Bitel + cumb (“short, straight valley, combe”).

Proper noun

Biddlecombe (plural Biddlecombes)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Biddlecombe is the 7973^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 807 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Biddlecombe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156.