English Explanatory Dictionary

Earnshaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Earnshaw Earnshaws

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English earn (“eagle”) + healh (“nook, angle, recess”). Equivalent to erne + haugh.

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