Berrow
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English bearu (“grove”), which is from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”). Compare Beer (“a village in East Devon”).
Proper noun
editBerrow (countable and uncountable, plural Berrows)
- A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2952).
- A small village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7934).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Berrow is the 11902nd most common surname in England, belonging to 477 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Berrow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Somerset, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Somerset, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Worcestershire, England
- en:Places in Worcestershire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English