English Explanatory Dictionary

Hesketh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old Norse.
  2. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.

Word forms

Hesketh Heskeths Heskett

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Hesketh Bank, in Lancashire, from Old Norse hestr (“stallion”) + skeið (“racecourse”).

Related words

Hesketh Bank Hesketh with Becconsall
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