Wraxall
English
editEtymology
editFrom a lost Old English word *wrocc (“buzzard”), perhaps used as a personal name, + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”). Compare the doublet Wroxall.
Proper noun
editWraxall (countable and uncountable, plural Wraxalls)
- A civil parish in Dorset, England.
- A hamlet in Ditcheat parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6036).
- A village in Wraxall and Failand parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4971).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wraxall is the 31110th most common surname in England, belonging to 116 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wraxall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Dorset, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Somerset, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Somerset, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English