Wraxall

English

Etymology

From a lost Old English word *wrocc (“buzzard”), perhaps used as a personal name, + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”). Compare the doublet Wroxall.

Proper noun

Wraxall (countable and uncountable, plural Wraxalls)

1. A civil parish in Dorset, England.
2. A hamlet in Ditcheat parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6036).
3. A village in Wraxall and Failand parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4971).
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Higher Wraxall
• Lower Wraxall
• North Wraxall
• South Wraxall
• Upper Wraxall

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wraxall is the 31110^th most common surname in England, belonging to 116 individuals.

Further reading

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