English Explanatory Dictionary

Eltringham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Eltringham Eltringhams

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place near Mickley, in Northumberland, from the dative form of the Old English personal name Ælfhere, which is composed of the elements ælf (“elf”) and here (“army”), + hām (“homestead”). The -t- was presumably inserted for the sake of euphony.

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