English Explanatory Dictionary

Herridge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Herridge Herridges Harridge

Etymology

Possibly a habitational surname from the village of Eridge, in East Sussex, named from Old English earn (“eagle”) + hryċġ (“ridge”), or alternatively from the town of Harwich, in Essex, from Old English here (“army”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling place”).

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