English Explanatory Dictionary

Beardwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD663294).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Beardwood Beardwoods Beardsworth

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Bearda + worþ (“enclosure”). The second element later developed into wood.

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