Given name & surname

Sandwich

“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”

Sandwich is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sandwich goes back to Old English Sandwīċ, meaning “wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet.”

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Where it comes from

Sandwich comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English Sandwīċ, built from English sand + wich.

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“saint”

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“sandy”

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Sanderford

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