Islip
See also: islip
English
editEtymology
editFrom the name of the River Ise + Old English slæp (“slippery place”).
Proper noun
editIslip (countable and uncountable, plural Islips)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9878).
- A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5214).
- A town in Suffolk County, New York, United States.
- A hamlet and census-designated place within the above town in Suffolk County, New York.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Islip is the 20175th most common surname in England, belonging to 224 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Islip”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.
- Forebears
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Places in Oxfordshire, England
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in New York, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Census-designated places in New York, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English