Given name & surname · also Old English

Lichfield

“field”

Lichfield is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Lichfield goes back to a word meaning “field.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Lichfield comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English Liċetfeld, from Latin Letocetum.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Lichfield, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Longfield

“long”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Lyford

“flax”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Lingwood

“heather”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Liddell

“loud, River Lid”

No U.S. birth series

64% boys · 36% girls

Old English

Littlewood

“little”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Burchfield

“birch”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Fairfield

“beautiful, fair”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Old English

Upfield

“up”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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