The story
- Old English · derived fromland“land”
- Old Norse · derived frombygg“barley”
- English todayBigland
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + Old English land (“land”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norsebygg all →
bigBiggar
Old Englishland all →
landFalklandlandeLitherlandShirland
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.