Galsworthy

English

Alternative forms

• Goldsworthy, Golesworthy

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devonshire, from Old English gagel (“sweet gale, bog myrtle”) + -worthy, a toponymic suffix deriving from Old English worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Galsworthy (plural Galsworthys)

1. A surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Galsworthian

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Galsworthy is the 13423^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 406 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Galsworthy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.