Hambridge

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English hān (“projecting stone”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).

Proper noun

Hambridge (countable and uncountable, plural Hambridges)

1. A village in Hambridge and Westport parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3921).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Hambridge and Westport

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hambridge is the 10214^th most common surname in England, belonging to 581 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hambridge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120.
• Forebears