Blaxhall

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Blaxell, Blaxill

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Blæc + -s- + healh (“corner, nook, angle”).

Proper noun

Blaxhall (countable and uncountable, plural Blaxhalls)

1. A village and civil parish of East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM366195).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blaxhall is the 78001^st most common surname in England, belonging to 28 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blaxhall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171.