Bardwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in St Edmundsbury district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9473).
  3. A small city, the county seat of Carlisle County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. A small city in Ellis County, Texas, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Bardwell Bardwells Bardell Bodwell

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Bearda or breord (“brim, rim, edge”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

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