Wombwell

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Wamba or Womba + wella (“well, spring”).

Pronunciation

• (local) IPA^(key): /wʊmwəl/

Proper noun

Wombwell (countable and uncountable, plural Wombwells)

1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3902).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wombwell is the 11228^th most common surname in England, belonging to 517 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wombwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.