Etymology

Wrigglesworth

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English wrīdels
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  1. Old English · derived fromwrīdels
  2. English todayWrigglesworth

Habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire now called Woodlesford, from Old English wrīdels (a derivative of wrīd (“plant, bush, thicket”)) + ford (“ford”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.