Meanings
Venables1
plural Venableses
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Norman.
Venables2
- pluralplural of Venable
Origin
- Latinvenabulum“hunting spear”
- EnglishVenables
Probably derived from Latin venabulum (“hunting spear”), in the sense of "hunting ground". The surname arrived in England through Norman.
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