Given name & surname · also Old English
Amherst
“elm”·“wood”
Amherst is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amherst is built from elements meaning “elm” and “wood”.
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Where it comes from
Amherst comes from Old English, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English elm, built from Old Norse almr (“elm”) + Old English hyrst (“wood”).
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