Bagshaw

English

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Baċġa or the unattested Old English word bagga (“badger”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

Proper noun

Bagshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Bagshaws)

1. A hamlet in Chapel-en-le-Frith parish, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK078811).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bagshaw is the 25037^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 992 individuals. Bagshaw is most common among White (92.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bagshaw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83.

Anagrams

• bagwash, washbag