Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old English Wiremūþa, built from English Wear + mouth.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
If you love Wearmouth, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“enclosure”
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“mouth”
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“river, running stream”
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“wheat”
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Walsworth
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“enclosed space, yard”
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Walpole
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>99% boys
Wareham
“weir”
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