Balkwill

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English balca →
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Meanings

proper nounBalkwill (plural Balkwills)

plural Balkwills

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbalca“ridge”
  2. EnglishBalkwill

Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost settlement in Devon named with Old English balca (“ridge”) + wella (“well, stream, spring”). Alternatively, it could be a variant of Bakewell.

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