The story
- Old English · derived fromworþ“enclosure”
- Old English · derived fromgagel“sweet gale, bog myrtle”
- English todayGalsworthy
Habitational surname from a minor place in Devonshire, from Old English gagel (“sweet gale, bog myrtle”) + -worthy, a toponymic suffix deriving from Old English worþ (“enclosure”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishgagel all →
gale
Old Englishworþ all →
worthWortham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.