Bawdsey
village · Suffolk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Bawdsey likely means 'Bawd's island'. It is derived from a personal name, possibly 'Bawd' (a variant of Baldwine), and the Old English word 'ēg', meaning an island or land by a river. The name refers to an island associated with Bawd.
Word origins
- Bawd
- Old Englishpersonal name Bawd(from Bawd "a personal name")
- sey
- Old EnglishAttestedisland(from ēg "island, land by a river")
Historical forms
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