Blaydon

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English blāw (“blue”) + dūn (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbleɪdən/

Proper noun

Blaydon (countable and uncountable, plural Blaydons)

1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blaydon is the 27109^th most common surname in England, belonging to 143 individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Boyland