Given name & surname
Wordsworth
“enclosure”
Wordsworth is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wordsworth is a form of Wadsworth. Wadsworth goes back to a word meaning “enclosure.”
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Where it comes from
Wordsworth is a form of Wadsworth. Wadsworth comes from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wordsworth’s family of names
In English usage, Wordsworth as a surname has a related form in Wadsworth.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Wordsworth
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Similar names
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“enclosure”
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“a wood”
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“enclosure; settlement, town”
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“wood”
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Woodcock
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