Salkeld

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English sealh →
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Meanings

proper nounSalkeld (plural Salkelds)

plural Salkelds

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishsealh“willow, sallow”
  2. EnglishSalkeld

Habitational surname from two places in Cumbria, from Old English sealh (“willow, sallow”) + hylte (“wood”).

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