Waldridge
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Old English personal name Wealda + hryċġ (“ridge”). The surname could also be a variant of Wooldridge.
Proper noun
editWaldridge (countable and uncountable, plural Waldridges)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in County Durham, England, west of Chester-le-Street; the civil parish includes part of Chester-le-Street (OS grid ref NZ2550).
- The site of a lost medieval village in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7807).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Waldridge is the 41501st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 524 individuals. Waldridge is most common among White (95.23%) individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Waldridge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in County Durham, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in County Durham, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Places in Buckinghamshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English