Mottershead

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

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Meanings

proper nounMottershead (plural Mottersheads)

plural Mottersheads · alternative Mothershead · alternative Mothershed

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

Habitational surname from a lost place in the parish of Mottram St. Andrew, in Cheshire, from Old English mōtere (“speaker”), + -s- + heafod (“head; summit, top of a hill”).

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APA

Mottershead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mottershead

MLA

“Mottershead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mottershead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mottershead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mottershead.

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