Etymology

Ramsey

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Today it means: The second-largest town on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4594). Full definition →

Old English hramsa
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhramsa“wild garlic”
  2. English todayRamsey

From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhramsa all →

Ramsdenramsons

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.