Palgrave
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See also: palgrave
English
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Etymology
[edit]From either the Old English personal name Palla or pāl (“stake, pole”) + Old English grāf (“grove”).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Palgrave (countable and uncountable, plural Palgraves)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1178). [2]
- A locality in Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A neighbourhood of Caledon, Ontario, Canada.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Related terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Palgrave is the 21905th most common surname in England, belonging to 198 individuals.
References
[edit]- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
- ^ Parish map (Suffolk)
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Palgrave”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Suffolk, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Suffolk, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Queensland
- en:Villages in Australia
- en:Places in Queensland
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Neighbourhoods in Ontario
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English