Galsworthy

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English gagel →
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Meanings

proper nounGalsworthy (plural Galsworthys)

plural Galsworthys · alternative Goldsworthy · alternative Golesworthy

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishworþ“enclosure”
  2. Old Englishgagel“sweet gale, bog myrtle”
  3. EnglishGalsworthy

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”).

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APA

Galsworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Galsworthy

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“Galsworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Galsworthy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Galsworthy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Galsworthy.

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