The story
- Old English · derived fromhors“horse”
- English todayHorsepool
Habitational surname from any of various lost settlements in England, perhaps from Old English hors (“horse”) + pōl (“pool”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhors all →
horseHorsleyhorseyHorsfieldHorsford
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.