Baxenden

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Baxendale

Etymology

From Old English bæcstan (“baking stone”) + denu (“valley”).

Proper noun

Baxenden (countable and uncountable, plural Baxendens)

1. A village in Hyndburn district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD774265).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Baxenden is the 158774^th most common surname in England, belonging to 10 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Baxenden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117.