Given name & surname

Wedgwood

“wych elm”

Wedgwood is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Wedgwood goes back to Old English wice, meaning “wych elm.”

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Where it comes from

Wedgwood comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English wice (“wych elm”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Similar names

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Old English

Welland

“land”

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Old English

Westfield

“west” · “field”

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Old English

Weld

Weld is a surname from Old English.

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Old English

Westmoor

“moor”

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Old English

Weddle

“pledge, security”

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Old English

Westhead

“west” · “head; headland”

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Old English

Westmorland

“the people west of the moors”

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Old Norse

Westgarth

“enclosed space, yard”

No U.S. birth series

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