English Explanatory Dictionary

Kinnersley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish (served by Kinnersley and District Group Parish Council) in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3449).
  2. A hamlet in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8743).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Kinnersley Kinnersleys Kindersley

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cyneheard, which is composed by the suffix cyne- (“royal”) + heard (“hard, rigid, firm”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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