Bawdrip
village · Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Bawdrip likely means 'Bawd's farmstead'. It is derived from a personal name, possibly 'Bawd' (a variant of Baldwine), and the Old English word 'rȳp', meaning a cultivated piece of land or farmstead. The name indicates a farm belonging to Bawd.
Word origins
- Bawd
- Old Englishpersonal name Bawd(from Bawd "a personal name")
- rip
- Old Englishfarmstead, cultivated land(from rȳp "cultivated land, farmstead")
Historical forms
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